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Kepler's Laws
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Kepler's three laws of planetary motion can be described as follows:

    - The path of the planets about the sun is elliptical in shape, 
      with the center of the sun being located at one focus. (The 
      Law of Ellipses).

            <- R_p -><------- R_a ------->
                   <- ea -><- ea ->   e = eccentricity
            <------ a ----->
                       
                      .     .
                  .              .    
               .                     m = planet
             .                        .
 perihelion .     Sun     o      +     . aphelion
            .                         .
              .                     .
                 .               .
                      .     .

      R_a = a(1 + e)  R_p = a(1 - e)

    - An imaginary line drawn from the center of the sun to the center 
      of the planet will sweep out equal areas in equal intervals of 
      time. (The Law of Equal Areas). This is an empirical law that 
      arises from conservation of angular momentum.  When the planet is 
      closer to the sun, it moves faster, sweeping through a longer 
      path in a given time.  Thus,

       L_aphelion = L_perihelion  where L = mvr

       Thus,

       v_aphelionR_a = v_perihelionR_p

    - The ratio of the squares of the periods of any two planets is 
      equal to the ratio of the cubes of their average distances from 
      the sun. (The Law of Harmonies).  When the eccentricity of the 
      ellipse is very small the orbits approach circles.  This is the 
      case for all planets in the solar system except Pluto. Under 
      these circumstance we can derive the law as follows:
    
      centripetal force = gravitational force

      mv²/r = GMm/r²
     
      mrω² = GMm/r²

      ω² =(2π/T)² = 4π²/T²

      4π²r/T² = GM/r²
     
      T² = (4π²/GM)r³

      Geosynchronous Orbit (Earth)
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      T = 86,400 seconds (1 day), M =  5.9736x10²⁴ kg => r = 4.2244 x10⁷ m