Planetary Motion

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written by Michael Fowler and Heather Welch

This web page demonstrates Kepler's Laws through a Flash simulation. The user places an object at some distance from the Sun and gives it an initial velocity to orbit the sun. Once the simulation begins, it shows the distance between the planet and the Sun, the days that have gone by, and the orbiting speed. An option is also available to show the areas swept out by the object in equal times. Both elliptical and parabolic trajectories are possible.

http://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/Kep...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Fundamentals = Kepler's Laws Classical Mechanics - Gravity = Kepler's Laws	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity	Currently 3.0/5 Rated 3.0 stars by 2 people Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended Users:: Learner
Educator
Format:: application/flash
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2003 Michael Fowler
Keywords:: Kepler's Law, Planetary Motion
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created June 23, 2007 by Enrique Suarez
Record Updated:: September 21, 2021 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 25, 2007
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=5363">Fowler, Michael, and Heather Welch. Planetary Motion. June 25, 2007.</a>

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M. Fowler and H. Welch, (2003), WWW Document, (http://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/Kepler/kepler.html).

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M. Fowler and H. Welch, Planetary Motion (2003), <http://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/Kepler/kepler.html>.

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Fowler, M., & Welch, H. (2007, June 25). Planetary Motion. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from http://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/Kepler/kepler.html

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Fowler, Michael, and Heather Welch. Planetary Motion. June 25, 2007. http://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/Kepler/kepler.html (accessed 16 March 2025).

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Fowler, Michael, and Heather Welch. Planetary Motion. 2003. 25 June 2007. 16 Mar. 2025 <http://galileoandeinstein.phys.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/Kepler/kepler.html>.

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@misc{ Author = "Michael Fowler and Heather Welch", Title = {Planetary Motion}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {16 March 2025}, Month = {June 25, 2007}, Year = {2003} }

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