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The increases in a planet's speed as it approaches the sun is described by kepler's second law what is the best explanation for this empirical law
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The increases in a planet's speed as it approaches the sun is described by kepler's second law what is the best explanation for this empirical law

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Keplers second law, that gravitational potential energy is lost when planets get near the sun and it becomes kinetic energy, best describes the reason why a planets speed will increase as it becomes closer to the sun.
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