About Kepler's Laws
Interact with the variables to discover how planetary objects moves in elliptical orbits, and the other characteristics of these orbits described by the three Kepler’s Laws. Connect Astronomy with Math, by experimenting with ellipses, areas, and graphs.
How to play Kepler's Laws
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Interact with the variables to discover how planetary objects moves in elliptical orbits, and the other characteristics of these orbits described by the three Kepler’s Laws.
Questions & answers
- What is Kepler's Laws?
- Kepler's Laws is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Interact with the variables to discover how planetary objects moves in elliptical orbits, and the other characteristics of these orbits described by the three Kepler’s Laws. Connect Astronomy with Math, by experimenting with ellipses, areas, and graphs.
- What can kids learn from Kepler's Laws?
- It helps kids explore: explore how the velocity and position of a planet affect its movement and orbit. discover how kepler’s laws apply for different bodies in the solar system describe the characteristics of an ellipse that support the understanding of planets’ orbits according to kepler’s first law visualize what is meant by “swept area of a planet’s orbit” and its relationship with equal time intervals in the context of kepler’s second law. describe the behavior of the planet's velocity in different moments of its orbit explore the relationship between the semi-major axis and the period of an orbit, and their corresponding powers described by the kepler’s third law.
- What age is Kepler's Laws good for?
- It is designed for high school up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Kepler's Laws free to play?
- Yes — Kepler's Laws is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.