Learning About Eliptical Orbits
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2008
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University of Texas at Austin
McDonald Observatory
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Introduction: For thousands of years astronomers tried to model the motion of objects in the sky using circles or combinations of circles. Then in 1609, Johannes Kepler proved that the shape of planetary orbits are actually ellipses. Learn to draw ellipses and calculate their basic properties using Kepler's three laws.