Ellipitical_orbit_of_planet_with_an_eccentricty_of_0.5.gif


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English: This animation shows how the speed of an orbiting planet changes speed as it orbits a star at one focus of the ellipse.
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Animation demonstrating of Kepler's Second Law in an eccentric elliptic orbit (e=0.5).

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24 March 2022