Keplers Three Laws of Planetary Motion
3. Harmonic Law: The ratio of the cube of the semimajor axis to the
square of the period is the same for each planet.
OR
In actuality (as shown by Newton):
MSun
= Mass of Sun Mplanet = Mass of planet
G = Newtons
Gravitational Constant
P = Period of
Orbit a = semimajor axis
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