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Planetary Motion According to Kepler and Newton
The Second Law
Illustration of Kepler's second law. The planet moves faster near the Sun so that the same area is swept out in a given time as it would be at larger distances, where the planet moves more slowly. The green arrow represents the planet's velocity, and the purple arrows represent the force on the planet.
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