Physics for Scientists and Engineers
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Author: Tipler
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ToShow: The Kepler’s second law follows directly from the law of conservation of angular momentum and the fact that the force of gravitational attraction between a planet and the Sun acts along the line joining the centers of the two celestial objects.

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