Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Students will state and apply Kepler's three laws to describe planetary orbits.
Key Questions
- Explain how Kepler's laws describe the motion of planets around the sun.
- Analyze the relationship between a planet's orbital period and its average distance from the sun.
- Predict the relative speeds of a planet at different points in its elliptical orbit.
CBSE Learning Outcomes
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