Kepler's Laws
A set of laws created by Johannes Kepler in 1609
What are Kepler's Laws?
This is the primary force that causes the tides.
What is the gravitational pull of the moon?
The shadow from this celestial body causes a solar eclipse.
What is the moon?
This event marks the point when the sun is directly above the equator and day and night are of nearly equal lengths.
What is an equinox?
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This law states that all planets revolve in an elliptical shape with the sun at one of the foci.
What is Kepler's first law?
This tide happens when the Sun, Earth, and Moon form a 90-degree angle.
What is a neap tide?
The shadow from this celestial body causes lunar eclipses.
What is the Earth?
The primary cause of Earth's seasons is the tilt of its rotational axis at this angle.
What is 23.5 degrees?
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This law states that the square of the planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis.
What is Kepler's third law?
These are the two moon phases during which neap tides occur.
What are first and third quarter phases?
Lunar eclipses are also known by this chilling term.
What is 'Blood Moon'?
June 21 or 22 mark the start of this event in the northern hemisphere
What is the summer solstice?
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What is Elm Street?
This law states that a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time, meaning it moves faster when it is closer to the sun and slower when farther away.
What is Kepler's second law?
These tides have the largest tidal range.
What are spring tides?
The apparent size of this celestial body looks the same as the moon's apparent size during a total solar eclipse.
What is the moon?
March 21-22 mark the start of this event in the northern hemisphere.
What is the spring equinox?
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What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
For a planet in orbit, the sum of the distances from any point on the orbit to the two foci is constant.
What is an ellipse?
The approximate number of hours between each high tide and the next.
What is approximately 12 hours?
This term means relating to or situated on the opposite side of the Earth.
What is antipodal?
When the Earth is closest to the sun, the Northern Hemisphere is in this season.
What is winter?
In the Tim Burton film Corpse Bride, Victor has a companion by this name.
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