Kepler 's law of areas

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• law of areas — noun a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times Kepler s second law means that a planet s orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun • Syn: ↑Kepler …   Useful english dictionary

• Kepler's law — noun (astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler • Syn: ↑Kepler s law of planetary motion • Topics: ↑astronomy, ↑uranology • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Kepler's law of planetary motion — noun (astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler • Syn: ↑Kepler s law • Topics: ↑astronomy, ↑uranology • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑law of nature …   Useful english dictionary

• law of areas — Astron. See under Kepler s laws. * * * …   Universalium

• Kepler's laws of planetary motion — ▪ astronomy       in astronomy and classical physics, laws describing the motions of the planets in the solar system. They were derived by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, whose analysis of the observations of the 16th century Danish… …   Universalium

• law of equal areas — noun a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times Kepler s second law means that a planet s orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun • Syn: ↑Kepler …   Useful english dictionary

• Kepler's second law — noun a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times Kepler s second law means that a planet s orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun • Syn: ↑law of …   Useful english dictionary

• Kepler's laws — Astron. three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas); the square of the period of… …   Universalium

• Kepler's laws — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Law — (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See {Lie} to be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Law binding — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English