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    Comparison to Copernicus

    Johannes Kepler's laws improved the model of Copernicus. According to Copernicus:
    1. The planetary orbit is a circle with epicycles.
    2. The Sun is approximately at the center of th… See more

    Nomenclature

    It took nearly two centuries for the current formulation of Kepler's work to take on its settled form. Voltaire's Eléments de la philosophie de Newton (Elements of Newton's Philosophy) of 1738 was the first publication … See more

    History

    Kepler published his first two laws about planetary motion in 1609, having found them by analyzing the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe. Kepler's third law was published in 1619. Kepler had believed in … See more

    Formulary

    The mathematical model of the kinematics of a planet subject to the laws allows a large range of further calculations.
    Kepler's first law states that:
    The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the sun at … See more

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