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Kepler's laws of planetary motion

scientific laws describing motion of planets around the Sun
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Summary

Kepler's laws of planetary motion is a physical law[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of physical law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,945 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Johannes Kepler[3]
  • Commons category: Kepler motions[4]
  • Has part(s): Kepler's first law[5], Kepler's second law[6], Kepler's third law[7]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

Kepler's laws of planetary motion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Johannes Kepler

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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