From a central force to Kepler’s area law: student difficulties and preferences with two derivations

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/ABBF3DzbMath1526.70008OpenAlexW3092396514MaRDI QIDQ6105721

Unnamed Author, Ricardo Karam

Publication date: 9 June 2023

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/abbf3d

zbMATH Keywords

central forcevector calculusgeometric derivationKepler area law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-body problems (70F05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-01)

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• A simple derivation of Kepler's laws without solving differential equations
• An alternative way to achieve Kepler's laws of equal areas and ellipses for the Earth

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