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G5, 8.1 Part 2
Kepler's Laws
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5th Grade
01/26/2011

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rotation
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a complete spin on an axis
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Kepler’s first law
Definition
a planet’s orbit is in the shape of an ellipse with the sun at one focus
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Kepler’s second law
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planets move faster the closer they get to the sun
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Kepler’s third law
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helped him calculate the distance of each known planet from the sun
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Sir Isaac Newton
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discovered that gravity from the Sun was the force that kept the planets in their orbits around it
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