The "third Law"
Kepler discovered his "third law" a decade after the publication of the Astronomia nova as a result of his investigations in the 1619 Harmonices Mundi (Harmonies of the world). He found that the ratio of the length of the semi-major axis of each planet's orbit (cubed), to the time of its orbital period (squared), is the same for all planets.
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“They are free, but not entirely free. For Law is despot over them, and they fear him much more than your men fear you.”
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