Kepler's 2nd law

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Johannes Kepler (b. 1571)

Kepler's laws of planetary motion 1609-1619

A line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.

$$\frac{d\theta}{dt} \propto \frac{1}{r^2}$$

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