Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion

home » Website Detail Page

Detail Page

published by the Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee

This site presents Kepler's three laws with diagrams of orbits and a sample calculation illustrating the relation between the period and radius. An interactive applet showing a planet's orbit is included. The user is able to control the size of the orbit, the mass of the planet, and the eccentricity of the orbit.

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Fundamentals = Kepler's Laws	- High School - Lower Undergraduate - Informal Education - Upper Undergraduate	- Reference Material

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
- Learners - Educators	- text/html - application/java	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Keywords:: ellipse, elliptical, orbit, period, planet
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created December 19, 2007 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:: July 9, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
Other Collections:: The Physics To Go

Post a new comment on this item

ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link

<a href="http://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6294">Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee. Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion. Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee.</a>

AIP Format

Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion (Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee), WWW Document, (http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html).

AJP/PRST-PER

Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion (Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee), <http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html>.

APA Format

Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion. (n.d.). Retrieved May 25, 2013, from Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html

Chicago Format

Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee. Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion. Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee. http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html (accessed 25 May 2013).

MLA Format

Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion. Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee. 25 May 2013 <http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html>.

BibTeX Export Format

@misc{ Title = {Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion}, Publisher = {Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee}, Volume = {2013}, Number = {25 May 2013}, Year = {} }

Refer Export Format

%T Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion
%I Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee
%U http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html
%O text/html

EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source
%T Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion
%I Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee
%V 2013
%N 25 May 2013
%9 text/html
%U http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html

Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.