law of equal areas

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”

   SynonymsKepler's second lawlaw of areas

   BroaderKepler's law

Questions about law of equal areas

What does law of equal areas mean?

law of equal areas 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 law of equal areas?

Close synonyms include Kepler's second law, law of 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.