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the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
This webpage describes and explains Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. It uses an animation to demonstrate Kepler's three Laws with brief explanations included. Users may select the different laws.
This is part of the How Things Fly website and includes a "Did You Know" fact, a quiz question, the answer to a student question, and a tool for students to submit questions.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=12970">Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. Washington: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, May 30, 2013.</a>
AIP Format
(Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, 2012), WWW Document, (http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion).
AJP/PRST-PER
How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, 2012), <http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion>.
APA Format
How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. (2013, May 30). Retrieved December 7, 2024, from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion
Chicago Format
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. Washington: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, May 30, 2013. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion (accessed 7 December 2024).
MLA Format
How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion. Washington: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 2012. 30 May 2013. 7 Dec. 2024 <http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler%E2%80%99s-laws-orbital-motion>.
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Title = {How Things Fly: Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion},
Publisher = {Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {7 December 2024},
Month = {May 30, 2013},
Year = {2012}
}
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