Suppose the orbit of a planet is an ellipse of eccentricity e = c/a and period T (Figure

Chapter 13, Problem 41

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Suppose the orbit of a planet is an ellipse of eccentricity e = c/a and period T (Figure 2). Use Keplers Second Law to show that the time required to travel from A to B is equal to 1 4 + e 2 T (c, 0) Sun y x O B b B' A' A

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