Tag: Mechanics

• Planetary Motion and Central Forces: From Conservation of Angular Momentum to Kepler's Three LawsReducing the two-body problem to one body of reduced mass, we derive Kepler's three laws from angular momentum and Binet's equation, and treat the Runge–Lenz vector.PhysicsClassical and Analytical MechanicsUndergraduateMechanicsCentral forceAngular momentumKepler's lawsTwo-body problem~29 min