harmonic law

harmonic law
noun
a law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets
Syn: ↑Kepler's third law

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noun
: the third of Kepler's laws of planetary motion

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Astron.
See under Kepler's laws.

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