Early life
Caused Kepler's hands to be crippled and eyesight to worsen.
Smallpox
Made the theory of gravity from Kepler's third law of planetary motion.
Issac Newton
How did Johannes Kepler find his first two laws?
By analyzing the astronomical observations and Tycho Brahe.
What was the university which Kepler was admitted to with a scholarship?
University of Tübingen
His occupations
He was a mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer.
Astronomers who influenced Johannes Kepler.
Nicolas Copernicus, Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Ibn al-Haytham. Mostly Nicolas and his heliocentric model.
What were his three laws?
"Planets move around the sun in an elliptical orbit, Planets farther from the Sun have longer orbital periods."
What courses did Johannes Kepler take?
Johannes Kepler took Theology, Greek, Philosophy and Mathematics.
What things did he see which made him interested in astronomy?
Events like the Great Comet of 1577 and a lunar eclipse
What revolution did Johannes Kepler influence?
The scientific revolution 1543-168
How did people think of his ideas?
They thought of his discoveries as unsettling and preferred to stick with the geocentric model.
Who did Johannes Kepler work with?
Johannes Kepler worked with Tycho Brahe
What did he spend most of his time defending? (Fun Fact)
His mother was accused by witchcraft and he spent most of his time defending her and she got released.
Which person at his school encouraged him to study and teach astronomy?
His math teacher Michael Maestlin
What other things did he do other than astronomy?
He also discovered now regular calculations of logarithms and contributed to developing calculus
What did Johannes Kepler go to college for?
To become a theologian at his university.
When was Johannes Kepler born?
December 27, 1571, in Germany
How did religion help Johannes Kepler understanding of astronomy?
Kepler was motivated by the religious conviction and the belief that God had created the world which contributed to some of his work and his reasoning behind his work.
What did Johannes Kepler create even though he didn't have it?
He made a telescope and it later became the foundation for other astronomical telescopes.
What did Johannes Kepler intend to become?
A priest.