Kepler's second law (law of equal areas) concludes that planets move faster when they are closer to the sun and slower when they are farther away, meaning they do not move at a constant speed as they orbit. This law helps explain the variation in orbital velocities of planets in their elliptical paths around the sun.
Planets orbit stars.
Moons orbit around planets. They are natural satellites that are held in orbit by the planet's gravitational pull.
Kepler's first law says Neptune has an elliptical orbit with the Sun at one focus. The same goes for the other planets.
All planets orbit around a sun.
Edwin Hubble
If no force, the planets would move in a straight line, not in a orbit around the sun.
Kepler's second law (law of equal areas) concludes that planets move faster when they are closer to the sun and slower when they are farther away, meaning they do not move at a constant speed as they orbit. This law helps explain the variation in orbital velocities of planets in their elliptical paths around the sun.
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Planets orbit stars.
No. Planets orbit suns, while moons orbit planets. Planets do not orbit planets.
It explains why the planets remain in in orbit around the sun. Also, why moons orbit their planets. It also explains why humans remain on earth.
It explains why the planets remain in in orbit around the sun. Also, why moons orbit their planets. It also explains why humans remain on earth.
Gravitational forces as described by Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation. Also important is the inertia of the planets and Newton's First Law of Motion is involved there.
Kepler's laws of planetary motion describe the orbits of planets around the sun. The first law, the Law of Ellipses, states that planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus. The second law, the Law of Equal Areas, indicates that a line segment joining a planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time, meaning planets move faster when closer to the sun. The third law, the Law of Harmonies, relates the square of a planet's orbital period to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit, showing that more distant planets take longer to orbit the sun.
The Sun has no moons. Moons orbit Planets > Planets orbit the Sun.
The planets do not orbit the Earth, they orbit the sun.