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Kepler's three "laws" of planetary motion constitute Kepler's explanation of the
motions of the inner six planets of the solar system. He formulated them from
years of sweating over the notebooks kept by another individual who spent his
life watching the planets and keeping records of their motions. (Tycho Brahe).
After Kepler's death, Isaac newton developed his theory of gravity. Anybody
who has enough geometry and calculus to give Gravity a good massage can
show mathematically that IF gravity works the way Newton suggested it does,
then the planets MUST move in the ways described by Kepler's Laws ... a nice
confirmation of the work of both Newton and Kepler.
These laws not only do a good job of describing how the planets move, but
when we use Kepler's and Newton's formulas to figure out how to aim artificial
satellites, Apollo capsules, and interplanetary probes to the outer solar system,
those things always go where we want them to go ... more nice confirmation
of the same theories.
Oh yes. That's right. Both of them are "just theories".
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Who analyzed the motions of planets?
Tycho Bache and Johannes Kepler. Tycho watched and records tons of data of the moments of planets, but his assistant, Johannes Kepler analyzed it all and made theories about the movements to better understand them (this was after Tycho passes away).
How many veterans died all together in all the world wars?
Isaac Newton :- The three laws of motion and the theory of universal gravity-Johannes Kepler :- Three laws of planetary motion Dmitri Mendeleev :- The periodic comfortableness Ma.
What laws of motion explained Kepler's proposal of elliptical orbits?
The general laws about the planets' orbits were known before Newton - mainly, through the three Laws of Planetary Motion, by Kepler. Newton showed that the movement - as explained in Kepler's Laws - was a result of the laws of motion (especially Newton's Second Law), and of the force of gravitation.
The fact that each planets orbit is an ellipse was discovered by?
Johannes Kepler discovered that planets orbit the Sun in ellipses with varying eccentricities in the early 17th century. This became known as Kepler's first law of planetary motion and revolutionized our understanding of planetary orbits.
The true shape of planetary orbits was discovered by?
Johannes Kepler was the first person to prove that all of the planets are in elliptical orbits, but he was unable to propose any mechanism that would cause this. Based largely on Kepler's work, Isaac Newton was able to invent the calculus of infinitesimals and to propose his law of universal gravitation, providing a mechanism that would cause the planets to behave in accordance with Kepler's laws. Newton's later comment "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants" was in direct reference to Kepler's essential contributions.
What were Johannes Kepler's scientific achievements?
Kepler came up with a new theory for the movements of the planets, published in 1609. It had the Sun at the centre, like Copernicus's theory of 1543, but in all other respects it was completely novel. Kepler's innovative idea, arrived at after lengthy laborious geometrical calculations from new observations made by Tycho Brahe, was that the planets move in ellipses, and he produced three laws of planetary motion that have been found to describe the planets' behaviour very closely. Kepler's laws are descriptive and he had no idea of why they are valid, but Newton's theory published in 1687 showed how the inverse-square law of gravity forces the planets to move in elliptical orbits according to Kepler's three laws.
What awards did Johannes Kepler earn?
Johannes Kepler was one of the founders of astonomy as we know it today. He left behind a huge body of work and a loving family, but did not win awards that are recorded.
Is it true that Kepler's discovers 100000 planets?
Johannes Kepler did not discover any planets but he did something much better, he discovered the laws of planetary motion, which apply to all the planets and everything else in the solar system, definitely more than 100,000 objects.
What law announced by Kepler was supported by newtons laws?
All 3 of them (Kepler's laws of planetary motion).
How many books did Johannes Kepler publish?
Johannes Kepler and his first wife, Barbara Mueller, had 5 children. The first two died in infancy. Johannes and his second wife Susanna Ruettinger, had 6 children. The first 3 Margareta Regina, Katharina, and Sebald died while they were still children. The last three Cordula, Fridmar and Hildebert survived into adulthood. In total, Johannes Kepler had 11 children and only 5 reached adulthood
Who showed that gravity can explain all the planets movements?
Kepler showed that three simple statements (Kepler's 'Laws') could explain all the planetary motions that Tycho had observed and recorded. Sir Isaac Newton ... after postulating the law of gravitation ... showed that the existence of gravity, in the form he wrote it, would naturally lead to Kepler's Laws.
How many planets do Kepler's laws work for?
All of them.
