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Kepler's Law of equal areas for equal times. As a planet moves in an orbit about the Sun, the areas swept out by the planet are equal for equal time intervals. A: For circular orbits the equal areas are identical in shape and size (red areas).
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The first law states that every planet describes an elliptical path about the sun as a single focus.

The second law states that The line joining the planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal time intervals.

The third law states that The squares of the period of revolution is proportional to the cubes of the mean distance between the planet and the sun

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