The Essential Cosmic Perspective (8th Edition)
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Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit
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Chapter 3, Problem 8EAP
State and explain the meaning of each of Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
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