law of equal areas

1. (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"
Synonyms: Kepler's second law, law of areas
Related Words: Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion



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