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Kepler's third law (physical principle)

Description

Kepler's third law states that the square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of its orbit.

Alternate name

harmonic law

History

formulation date | 1619 (406 years ago)
formulator | Johannes Kepler