Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Important Questions on Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
A planet revolves about the sun in elliptical orbit. The areal velocity of the planet is . The least distance between planet and the sun is . Then the maximum speed of the planet in is-

Two identical planets are orbiting around a star in elliptical paths having their semi-major axes in the ratio of If life of man on planet is years then what will be his life on planet in terms of that planet's year? (Approximate the answer to the nearest integer)

A comet (assumed to be in an elliptical orbit around the sun) is at a distance of from the sun at the perihelion. If the time period of the comet is years, what is the aphelion distance? : astronomical unit.

Supposing Newton's law of gravitation for gravitation forces and between two masses and at positions and read
where is a constant of the dimension of mass, and is a number? In such a case

A planet moves around the sun (mass = ) in an elliptical orbit such that its minimum and maximum distance from the sun are and respectively. The period of revolution of this planet around the sun is

