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Title

G5, 8.1 Part 2

Description

Kepler's Laws

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Subject

Science

Level

5th Grade

Created

01/26/2011

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Term

rotation

Definition

a complete spin on an axis

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Kepler’s first law

Definition

a planet’s orbit is in the shape of an ellipse with the sun at one focus

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Kepler’s second law

Definition

planets move faster the closer they get to the sun

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Kepler’s third law

Definition

helped him calculate the distance of each known planet from the sun

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Sir Isaac Newton

Definition

discovered that gravity from the Sun was the force that kept the planets in their orbits around it