The Keplerian motion of a planet

[Opera Laboratori Fiorentini]

This model reproduces the motion of a generic planet around the Sun, according to Kepler's first two laws. The little bells, placed along the orbit in correspondence of elliptical sectors of equal area, ring at the transit of the planet. One can realize, as well by means of sound, that each sector needs the same time interval to be covered.

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