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Why did Kepler deduce the elliptical orbits of planets from Tycho's data where so many other earlier astronomers and learned men had missed it?

Tycho was the first astronomer to make measurements of enough accuracy to show that the older theories were producing errors in the planets' positions. The difference between an ellipse and the old model of a circle and epicycle, which gives a circle with the Sun off-centre, was so small that it needed high accuracy to notice the difference. Planets' orbits have an extremely small difference between the major and minor axes of the ellipses.


How do wave mechanical orbitals differ from Bohrs orbits?

The orbits were first introduced in Bohr's theory. According to it, orbits were circular paths for electrons, around the nucleus. It is two dimensional. On the contrary, the orbitals deals with the Shrodinger's Wave Equation. They show a probable three dimensional space where a particular electron can exist around the nucleus. Further, the shapes of the orbitals are determined from the solutions of the equation.


What planets do not have lunar phases?

Planets do not have lunar phases because lunar phases are specific to our Moon. However, planets with moons of their own can have similar phenomena called satellite phases, where the appearance of the moon changes as it orbits the planet. Some example of these planets are Jupiter and Saturn, which have many moons.


What is difference between real solar system and a project solar system?

A typical science project model will almost by default show the planets too large for the orbits / too close for their sizes. If the model was six feet across, and in true scale, the Earth would be only one inch from the Sun and won't be visible without a jeweler's loupe. If the Earth was a respectable inch in diameter and the other planets and orbits to scale, the Sun would be more than eight feet tall and over two miles away!


What is the difference between a geocentric snd heliocentric model of the solar system?

Heliocentric was thought to believe that the sun was at the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around the Sun. Geocentric was thought to believe that the earth was the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around the earth. We now know that our solar system is centered around the sun and is heliocentric.

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What are the contributions of Johann Kepler in the field of physics?

Johannes Kepler corrected Copernicus by stating that the planets revolve around the Sun in elliptical orbits, not in circular orbits. That became one of Kepler's laws of planetary motion. Altogether, Kepler formulated three "laws of planetary motion" based on the heliocentric model of Copernicus.


Kelper used brahes observations to show that the orbits of the the planets are.?

The question is going for the answer "elliptical". But it needs an important comment:Kepler didn't show that the orbits of the planets "are" anything. He had no way to do that.What he showed was the fact that a system of elliptical orbits with the sun at the centerof everything fits the actual observed evidence better than any other proposed model.That didn't prove anything. It only made his model the best, most likely representation ofthe truth, until something better comes along. You might say it was "just a theory".That's how Science works.


Who used math to show that gravity keeps planets in orbit around the sun?

Isaac Newton.


How did Copernicus discovery come about?

Nicholas Copernicus stated that the Earth rotates on an axis and orbits around the Sun. To come about this he used circles moving in an orbit, or circular way, to support his system about Earth and its rotation. He used fixed stars, or "non moving" stars, to show the motion of other planets.


What did Newton universal law of gravitation show?

Newton used the law of universal gravitation to show why the moon orbits the earth and does not take off in a straight line from earth. He also used it to show that Kepler's laws of orbiting bodies is true, that planets orbit the sun in ellipses etc.


How did Nicolas Copernicus's discovery come about?

Nicholas Copernicus stated that the Earth rotates on an axis and orbits around the Sun. To come about this he used circles moving in an orbit, or circular way, to support his system about Earth and its rotation. He used fixed stars, or "non moving" stars, to show the motion of other planets.


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

Through years of research, and a lot of trial and error, Kepler was able to show that three laws accurately describe planetary motion. He was never able to explain WHY these laws worked, he only knew they DID.


How do planets move around the solar system?

Objects are attracted to other objects. now this is much more complex than that but I neither have the technical knowledge or time to truly explain all that. So because particles are attracted to each other the more mass an object has the more it pulls or attracts other objects, we call this force gravity. Objects such as planets that are orbiting other things (typically stars due to their massive size) are in a place where the force of gravity is not allowing them to escape but not entirely pulling them in. Stars (like the Sun) and planets form from fast-swirling clouds of dust. When their force of gravity is great enough, the swirls clump together into a spherical ball. That does not make them stop spinning or stop them from orbiting the Sun. We see that there is very little to make the spinning, orbiting planets slow their spins or orbits.


Why did Kepler deduce the elliptical orbits of planets from Tycho's data where so many other earlier astronomers and learned men had missed it?

Tycho was the first astronomer to make measurements of enough accuracy to show that the older theories were producing errors in the planets' positions. The difference between an ellipse and the old model of a circle and epicycle, which gives a circle with the Sun off-centre, was so small that it needed high accuracy to notice the difference. Planets' orbits have an extremely small difference between the major and minor axes of the ellipses.


Why did Kepler deduce the elliptical orbits of planets from Tycho and data where so many other earlier astronomers and learned men had missed it?

Tycho was the first astronomer to make measurements of enough accuracy to show that the older theories were producing errors in the planets' positions. The difference between an ellipse and the old model of a circle and epicycle, which gives a circle with the Sun off-centre, was so small that it needed high accuracy to notice the difference. Planets' orbits have an extremely small difference between the major and minor axes of the ellipses.


What is that show where there are two white monsters and they explore different planets?

The name of the TV show is "Tiny Planets"


How do wave mechanical orbitals differ from Bohrs orbits?

The orbits were first introduced in Bohr's theory. According to it, orbits were circular paths for electrons, around the nucleus. It is two dimensional. On the contrary, the orbitals deals with the Shrodinger's Wave Equation. They show a probable three dimensional space where a particular electron can exist around the nucleus. Further, the shapes of the orbitals are determined from the solutions of the equation.