law of equal areas
Noun 1. 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" (synonym) Kepler's second law, law of areas (hypernym) Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion | ||||
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law of equal areas
law of equal areas
n : 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's second law , law of areas]
law of equal areas
n : 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's second law , law of areas]