Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
DESCRIPTION
Prove Kepler's Laws visually. Alter orbital eccentricity and watch as planets sweep out perfectly equal geometric areas in equal times, regardless of whether they are slingshotting past perihelion or crawling through aphelion.
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