🪐 KEPLER’S LAWS
Kepler’s First Law says planetary orbits are this shape.
👉 What are ellipses?
This Danish astronomer made extremely accurate observations of planets before the invention of the telescope.
👉 Who is Tycho Brahe?
Kepler’s Second Law is known as the Law of this.
👉 What is Equal Areas?
This is the model that Tycho Brahe believed in.
👉What is the Geocentric Model?
Kepler’s Third Law relates orbital period to this.
👉 The distance of planets from the Sun?
This early Greek philosopher believed Earth was motionless/stationary at the center of the universe.
👉 Who is Aristotle?
This point in an ellipse is where the Sun is located.
👉 What is a focus?
This famous assistant of Tycho later used his data to develop the laws of planetary motion.
👉 Who is Johannes Kepler?
Planets move faster when they are closer to the Sun at this point.
👉 What is perihelion?
Tycho carefully recorded the motion of this planet, providing key data for Kepler.
👉 What is Mars?