We study the planetary motion with virtual experiments based on intuitive and elementary physical arguments that allow reinterpret the popular Verlets method. This methodology is based on the uniformly motion and this can be used in the basic course of Newtonian mechanics to study the Kepler's laws, because this methodology does not include advanced mathematics. With these virtual experiments it is possible to know the position of the planets as a function of time, situation that cannot be calculated analytically. The precision of the method is evaluated by monitoring the conservation of energy and the conservation the angular momentum.
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Multidisciplinary Science and Engineering Research