3.

Take down
1. Listen. notes.
4. No cellphones
for now.
2. Participate.
Explain how Brahe’s innovations and extensive collection of data in observational
astronomy paved the way for Kepler’s discovery of his laws of planetary motion
(S11/12PS-IVb-44)
▪ explain how Brahe’s innovation and extensive
collection of astronomical data paved way for
Kepler’s discovery of laws of planetary motion
▪ state Kepler’s laws of planetary motion
▪ solve problems using Kepler’s third law of
planetary motion
1. Law of Ellipse
2. Law of Equal Areas
3. Law of Period
 First Law:
Law of Ellipse
Planets move in elliptical
orbits with the Sun at one
focus of the ellipse.
 Second Law:
Law of Equal Areas
The orbital speed of a
planet varies so that a line
joining the Sun and the
planet will sweep over
equal areas in equal time
intervals.
 Third Law:
Law of Period
The amount of time a
planet takes to orbit the
Sun, P, is related to its
orbit’s size, a.

P =a
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