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No, that was done by Johannes Kepler.

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What did Johannes Kepler discover about the motion of the planet?

That they followed elliptical orbits.


Who made a model of the solar system in which each planet orbits the sun?

Galileo Galilei was the first to discover this.


the orbits of the planet are?

elliptical


What planet moved in an elliptical orbit?

All planets have elliptical orbits.


Who postulated the elliptical orbits of the planet?

Kepler


What planet Galileo discovered?

Newton's law of universal gravitation can be used to show that all planets orbit the sun in an elliptical path. Each planet also has gravity and keeps their own moons orbiting around them also in elliptical orbits.


Even though orbits are ellipes what shape is a typical planet's orbits most like?

Planetry orbits are elliptical. Most planet's orbits are nearly circular apart from Mercury and Pluto.


Who proposed that orbits of the planet are elliptical and the sun is at one focus?

Johannes Kepler in 1619 first realized that planetary orbits were elliptical rather than circular.


Does the orbit is very elliptical?

No the planet's orbits are not VERY elliptical but yes, they are somewhat elliptical. They are not just rotating in a circle. More like an oval.


Planet's orbits are nearly circularWhat shape is the comet's?

elliptical in a ovalish shape


Where did Galileo discover Jupiter's moon?

He discovered them orbiting the Planet.


Are the distant between each planet and the sun constant?

No because the planetary orbits are elliptical