The angular velocity of earth around the sun increase when it comes closer to the sun. Why?
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Another way of understanding this is by Kepler's 3rd law:
"The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit."
That means:
the larger the axis of orbit, the larger the orbital period
Which is the same as:
the larger the axis of orbit, the smaller the speed
Which is the same as:
the smaller the axis of orbit, the larger the speed (and, therefore, the larger the angular speed).
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