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How was Galileo significant in the study of planetary bodies and their motion?
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He made a powerful telescope
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What ancient greek philosopher did Galileo disprove?
planetary motion laws
Who formelated the laws of accelerated motion and falling bodies?
Galileo
Who formuleted the laws of planetary motion?
The laws of planetary motion are attributed to Kepler.
If a planet spins backwards it has what rotation?
Direct motion is the motion of planetary body in a direction similar to that of other bodies within its system, and is sometimes called prograde motion. Retrograde motionis motion in the opposite direction.
How many laws of planetary motion did Johannes Kepler discover?
3 laws' of planetary motion
Who figured out the laws of planetary motion?
Keplar figured out the laws of planetary motion using Tycho Brahe's data.
What is the similarities do the movements of the planets share?
They all obey Kepler's 3 laws of planetary motion.
Which German astronomer and mathematician developed three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes KeplerHis first two laws were published in Astronomia Nova(The New Astronomy) in 1609. His Third Law was published in 1618, in book five of his Harmonices Mundi (The Harmonies of the World.)
Who wrote the theory for the gravitational laws of planetary motion?
There are numerous theories of planetary motion. Ptolemaeus (earth in the centre), Copernicus (the sun in the centre, planets orbit around it), Kepler (planet orbits are ellipses) all wrote such theories.
According to the three laws of planetary motion planetary orbits are in the shape of an?
They are in the shape of an ellipse.
The greek astronomers explanation for the celestial spheres did not encompass the phenomenon?
The Greek astronomer's explanation for the celestial spheres did not encompass the phenomenon of retrograde motion. The retrograde motion is the apparent motion of a planet to move in the opposite direction from the surrounding planetary bodies in the same system.
What areContriutin of Galileo in motion?
to the world
