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  1. Kepler's second law, law of areas, law of equal areas(noun)

    a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times

    "Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun"


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