# Orbits

Kepler found that planets move on ellipses and that a line from the Sun sweeps equal areas in equal times. Newton later showed that one law of gravity explains all of it. For a while Kepler also hoped to find music in the planetary distances.

Connects to:
- [Models of the world](https://mapideas.org/i/mat_model)
- [Geometry](https://mapideas.org/i/mat_geometry)
- [Harmony of the spheres](https://mapideas.org/i/mu_kepler)
- [Lives of stars](https://mapideas.org/i/as_stars)
- [Why does math fit the world?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_math_world)
- [Is the solar system stable?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_astro_stable)
- [Why hear numbers in the sky?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_mu_spheres)
- [Ice ages](https://mapideas.org/i/ea_ice)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Kepler’s laws of planetary motion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_motion)

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