Some learning objects to explain Kepler's laws

Julio Benítez, Marcos H. Giménez, José L. Hueso, Eulalia Martínez, Jaime Riera
2010 Computer Applications in Engineering Education  
In this paper, we present some learning objects for the study of Kepler's laws that graphically show the orbits and the movements of various planets. One of them shows the orbit of a planet from the point of view of a fixed planet, showing that the orbit is quite difficult. No equations differentials are required, but only elementary vector calculus. The learning object has been implemented in Matlab.
doi:10.1002/cae.20446 fatcat:syr7ws6rsjcwlo7csu5eunsm7u