What is the meaning of law of equal areas?

noun

  • A law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times.
    • usage: "Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun"
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