r/space • u/MrAstroThomas • 1d ago

Discussion Space Science Animation - Kepler's Second Law

Hey everyone,

the weather is currently too good to stay inside... but I really wanted to finish my second Manim animation about Space Science "Stuff" :-). After posting Kepler's First Law... it is time... well... to create an animation about Kepler's Second Law: https://youtube.com/shorts/CXtIAzzDg9c

I am still unsure whether I should create in "Intro" or "Outro" for the scientific summary. Feedback is highly appreciated, to improve my current rudimentary Manim skills!

Cheers,

Thomas

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u/HungryKing9461 1d ago

It looks good.  Maybe add a small explanation as to why Kepler's Second Law is actually a thing?  (Although that might be for a larger video of which those would be a Shorts teaser)

Also I feel it would be better if you reverse the ordering -- display the law, then show the animation. 

"Kepler's Second Law states that... Here is how that looks..."

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u/MrAstroThomas 1d ago

Thanks for your feedback :). Yes I am planning to create a longer video on orbital elements + Python code.

Yes I am still thinking when and where to put the text. The first law video was created as you suggested :).

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u/zhniwen 1d ago

For me, animation for Kepler's Problem will be more interested. I have to modeled orbits in Mathematica Wolfram for each solution.