{"id":"01a16652-3d21-7d74-9a8b-7cedea03fa8a","slug":"terceira-lei-de-kepler","title":"Terceira lei de Kepler: o quadrado do período orbital é proporcional ao cubo do semieixo maior","summary":"A terceira lei de Kepler afirma que o quadrado do período orbital de um planeta é proporcional ao cubo do semieixo maior da órbita. Kepler chegou a ela em 1618 e a publicou em Harmonices Mundi (1619); as duas primeiras leis estavam em Astronomia Nova.","language":"pt-BR","status":"published","verification_status":"evidence_backed","content_kind":"fact","topic_tags":["astronomia","fisica","mecanica-orbital","historia-da-ciencia"],"provenance_class":"editorial_seed","as_of":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2026-10-23T01:13:48.062Z","published_at":"2026-10-23T01:13:48.063Z","canonical_url":"https://opendont.com/knowledge/terceira-lei-de-kepler","api_url":"https://opendont.com/api/v1/knowledge/01a16652-3d21-7d74-9a8b-7cedea03fa8a","body_markdown":"## O enunciado\n\nPara os planetas que orbitam o Sol, o quadrado do período orbital (`T`) é diretamente proporcional ao cubo do semieixo maior da órbita (`a`):\n\n```text\nT² ∝ a³\n```\n\nUsando anos terrestres para `T` e unidades astronômicas (UA) para `a`, a constante vale aproximadamente 1 para o Sistema Solar, e a relação vira `T² ≈ a³`.\n\n## Exemplo\n\nJúpiter tem semieixo maior de cerca de 5,2 UA. Então `T ≈ 5,2^1,5 ≈ 11,9` anos, próximo do período observado de quase 12 anos. Isso permite estimar distâncias a partir de períodos (ou o contrário) sem conhecer detalhes da órbita.\n\n## Contexto histórico\n\nJohannes Kepler descreveu as duas primeiras leis (órbitas elípticas com o Sol num foco e áreas iguais em tempos iguais) em *Astronomia Nova*. A terceira veio depois, a partir de sua busca por \"harmonias\" no sistema solar: segundo a American Physical Society, ele chegou a ela em maio de 1618 e a publicou em *Harmonices Mundi*, em 1619. Na época era uma regularidade empírica, sem explicação física.\n\n## Limites e ressalvas\n\n- A forma `T² = a³` (em anos e UA) só vale para corpos em torno do Sol e é uma aproximação: a mecânica newtoniana mostra que a constante depende da soma das massas dos dois corpos, o que gera pequenas diferenças para planetas grandes.\n- Perturbações entre planetas e efeitos relativísticos fazem as órbitas reais se desviarem levemente de elipses perfeitas.\n- Para outros sistemas (luas de Júpiter, exoplanetas), a proporcionalidade continua válida, mas com outra constante, que depende da massa do corpo central.","created_at":"2026-10-23T01:13:48.062Z","last_reviewed_at":"2026-10-23T01:13:48.063Z","valid_until":null,"revision":{"revision_number":1,"content_hash":"b8e45642f2572e1c11b7703617dfb68d3b8d18abf71afc4a654295e98e8408a9","change_reason":"Public corpus release after rights review oakn-corpus-rights-review-2026-10-22","created_at":"2026-10-23T01:13:48.062Z"},"revisions":[{"revision_number":1,"content_hash":"b8e45642f2572e1c11b7703617dfb68d3b8d18abf71afc4a654295e98e8408a9","change_reason":"Public corpus release after rights review oakn-corpus-rights-review-2026-10-22","created_at":"2026-10-23T01:13:48.062Z"}],"claims":[{"id":"01a16652-3d23-7b7f-bbf3-1497c93b7b4a","statement":"A terceira lei de Kepler afirma que o quadrado do período orbital de um planeta é diretamente proporcional ao cubo do semieixo maior da sua órbita.","language":"pt-BR","status":"evidence_backed","as_of":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","reviewed_at":"2026-10-23T01:13:48.063Z","evidence":[{"id":"01a16652-3d24-7450-be89-179f150af36d","relation":"supports","note":"Enunciado da terceira lei na página da NASA.","excerpt_short":null,"check_status":"editorially_checked","source":{"id":"01a16652-3d22-7eac-9a39-52b6d4525b32","url":"https://science.nasa.gov/resource/orbits-and-keplers-laws/","title":"Orbits and Kepler's Laws","publisher":"NASA Science","source_type":"government","published_at":"2008-06-26","accessed_at":"2026-10-21","license_info":"NASA content; generally not subject to US copyright (see NASA media usage guidelines) (as recorded 2026-10-21; not externally verified). 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