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Ellipses And Kepler's First Law Lesson PlanEllipses And Kepler's First Law Lesson Plan
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Ellipses And Kepler's First Law

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Students explain that planets actually orbit the center of gravity of the solar system, and that distant planets may be detected by motions of their central star around the centers of gravity of their planetary systems.

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