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Grade 12Mechanics

A planet of mass m is in an elliptical orbit about the sun with an orbital period T if A be the area of orbit then its angular momentum would be

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Soumya Ranjan Mohanty
8 Years ago
Dear student,
Kepler's law of Areas states that a line that connects a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times.
mathematically,
dA/dt =L/2m (as areal velocity=L/2m = dA/dt]
or L =2mA/T [Ans]

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Thank you,
Soumya Ranjan Mohanty.