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Q: How did Kepler improve on Galileo's ideas?
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How did Kepler expand on Copernicus' ideas?

Kepler showed that planetary orbits were actually ellipses, not circles as proposed by Copernicus.


What coperniesn ideas did Kepler prove?

The only part of Copernicus's theory that Kepler retained was the idea that the Sun is at the centre of the Solar System.


What did the Philosophers believe?

that the ideas of the Enlightenment could help improve government and society


How did Kepler's work improve on or support Copernicus' heliocentric?

Kepler completely replaced Copernicus's theory of the orbits of the planets, which was based on circles an epicycles, with a new theory using elliptical orbits. However Kepler retained Copernicus's idea of placing the Sun at the centre.


What was galileos accomplishment?

The telescope


How did Kepler's work improve on or support Copernicus's heliocentric theory?

Kepler completely replaced Copernicus's theory of the orbits of the planets, which was based on circles an epicycles, with a new theory using elliptical orbits. However Kepler retained Copernicus's idea of placing the Sun at the centre.


How did newton's work on orbit add to the work Kepler had done?

Kepler made discoveries regarding the planet's distance from the sun and how long it takes a planet to orbit the sun. In Newton's Version of Kepler's Third Law, Newton expands on these ideas by using his Theory of Gravity.


How did Kepler improve Copernicus theory?

He discovered that planets move in ellipses not circles and that the sun stays in it's own place.


Who were Galileos role models?

ryan shuck


What was the date of galileos discovery?

Which one are you referring to?


What was some of galileos inventions?

the funky worm


What was Galileos contribution?

Found planets and satellites.