kepler's second law

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymslaw of areaslaw of equal areas

   BroaderKepler's law

Questions about kepler's second law

What does kepler's second law mean?

kepler's second law means "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".

What is another word for kepler's second law?

Close synonyms include law of areas, law of equal areas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.