3 Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician and astronomer

Last updated: 4/26/2023

3 Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician and astronomer who lived from 1571 1630 He discovered the mathematical relationship between the orbital radius and orbital period T x 7 This says The orbital period squared is proportional to the radius cubed Another way to write this is T kx r where k is the slope of a graph of T 2 vs 73 Let s see how well your data matches Kepler s prediction make a calculated column that cubes the radius make another that squares the period change the graph axes so the radius cubed is on the horizontal axis make period squared on the vertical axis add a linear fit What is the slope from the equation of the line on your graph Hint For scientific notation you can use e notation where the number before the exponent goes before the e and the power of 10 follows the e For example 1e3 is 1 000 and 1e13 is 1 x 1013 and 1e 3 is 0 001