HyperDic: kepler[s_third_law

English > 1 sense of the expression Kepler's third law:
NOUNcognitionKepler's third law, harmonic lawa law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets
English > Kepler's third law: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets.
Synonymharmonic law
BroaderKepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion(astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler

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