Name: Stephan DiMusto
Date: February 5, 2018
Lab 03 – Kepler’s Laws
Step 1: The parts of the ellipse are:
Center = D
Focus = C
Semi-major axis = A
Semi-minor axis = B
Step 2: e = 2.5cm ÷ 5.5cm = e = .45
Step 3:
1. planets move in an ellipse around the sun with the sun being a focus
point.
Step 4: In Figure 3 …
Focus = A
Aphelion = C
Perihelion = B
