Explain how Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation can be used to
explain how the planets orbit the Sun (or satellites orbit the
Earth) and use the law to derive Kepler’s third law for planets
orbiting their sun in a circular orbit.
For the 6 planets closest to the sun find, from the internet or
elsewhere, the mean distance from the sun (in astronomical units)
and their orbital period (in years). Use this information to plot,
using a software package, an...