Interactive Simulation
Kepler's Second Law: Equal Areas
Simulating a comet (mass of 100 billion tonnes) orbiting the Sun. Time flows uniformly. Click twice to produce two sectors of equal areas.
Orbital Parameters
0.50
0.00 (True Circle)
0.75 (High Ellipse)
Astrophysical Telemetry
Kinetic Energy (KE)
0.00 × 10²² J
Potential Energy (PE)
0.00 × 10²² J
Orbit Active
Swept Vector Area: 0.00 AU²