KEPLER'S THIRD LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kepler's third law mean? 

• KEPLER'S THIRD LAW (noun)
  The noun KEPLER'S THIRD LAW has 1 sense:

1. a 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

  Familiarity information: KEPLER'S THIRD LAW used as a noun is very rare.

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• KEPLER'S THIRD LAW (noun)

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Meaning:

A 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

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

harmonic law; Kepler's third law

Hypernyms ("Kepler's third law" is a kind of...):

Kepler's law; Kepler's law of planetary motion ((astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler)