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Noun: Kepler's third law
  1. 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
    - harmonic law

Type of: Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion

Encyclopedia: Kepler's third law