State and prove Kepler's second law (Law of Areas) of planetary motion.
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`implies` ..The line that joins any planet to the sun sweeps equal areas in equal intervals of time... It is shown in figure. `implies` The planet P moves around the sun in an elliptical orbit. The shaded area is the area `DeltaA` swept out in a small interval of time `Deltat` . `implies` This law comes from the observations that planets appear to move slower when they are farther from the sun than when they are nearer. `implies` The law of areas can be understood as a consequence of conservation of angular momentum which is valid for any central force. `implies` The line of action of force which is acting on planet is passing through the sun, hence the torque `tau = r F sin pi = 0` . So the conservation of angular momentum of any planet remains constant. `implies` Let the sun be at the origin and momentum of the planet be `vecr and vecp` . `implies` The area swept out by the planet of mass m in time interval `Deltat` is `DeltaA`. `implies` From figure area of right triangle `DeltaSPP.` (Note : For `Deltat rarr 0`) `DeltaA = 1/2 xx ` base ` xx` perpendicular `DeltaA =1/2 (vecr xx vecv Deltat) " "...(1)` (Here , `"PP". = DeltaS = vDeltat` ) `implies` Dividing `Deltat` on both side of equation (1) , `(DeltavecA)/(Deltat)=1/2(vecrxxvecv)` but momentum of planet `vecp = mvecv` `:. vecv = vecp/m` `:. (DeltavecA)/(Deltat)=1/2(vecrxxvecp/m)` `:. (DeltavecA)/(Deltat)=1/(2m) (vecrxxvecp)` `:. (DeltavecA)/(Deltat)=vecL/(2m)" "...(2)` `( :. vecr xx vecp = vecL` Angular momentum ) `implies` Where `(DeltavecA)/(Deltat)` is velocity, `vecL` is angular momentum. `implies` The gravitation force of sun on planet `vecF` is opposite to `vecr` and hence `tau = 0` and L = constant `implies` So, during revolution of planet remains constant. [ `:.` m is mass which remains constant] `:. (DeltavecA)/(Deltat)` = constant `" ".....(3)` `implies` At This is Kepler law of areas for planetary motion.
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