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What is Kepler's full name
Johannes Kepler
How many "laws" did Kepler discover?
3
What astronomical word did Kepler create?
satellite
Did Kepler use a pre-made telescope? If not how did he have access to one?
Kepler used a telescope in which he made himself
Who was Kepler?
Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer and mathematician
What was his laws based on?
Planetary Motion of how planets move around the Sun
Along side with Kepler who else helped him discover the elliptical movement of planets?
Tycho Brahe
What model of our Solar System did Kepler create?
He created a Platonic Solid Model of the Solar System
When and where was Kepler born?
| December 27, 1571, Germany |
What was Kepler's major discovery?
How a planet's orbit is elliptical rather than circular around the Sun. As well as our Sun being the centre of our Solar System not Earth.
What and When was Kepler's most significant turning point?
When he published his book, Astronomia Nova (A New Astronomy) in 1609 which contained important discoveries known as ‘Kepler’s Three Laws’ or the laws of planetary motion
Since Kepler was also a mathematician what did he help create?
He formed the basis of integral calculus
What did Kepler observe and when?
The supernova during 1604
Explain how religion influenced Kepler's 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 were Kepler's law? list all
1. The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the sun at a focus.
2. A radius vector joining any planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal time intervals.
3. The ratio of the squares of the sidereal periods (of revolution) of any two planets are directly proportional to the cubes of their average distances from the Sun.
What else did Kepler use his knowledge for?
**hint: distance**
He used his knowledge of the distance which Earth travels to measure the distance of the stars.
Who believed that planets travelled in circular orbits
Copernicus, Tycho and Galileo