The Mechanical Universe
The Kepler Problem. The combination of Newton's law of gravity and F=ma . The task of deducing all three of Kepler's laws from Newton's universal law of gravitation is known as the Kepler problem. Its solution is one of the crowning achievements of Western thought. (from themechanicaluniverse.org)
Lecture 22 - The Kepler Problem |
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