The scientist Johannes Kepler discovered that the earth orbits the sun. In his book The New Astronomy from 1609 he explained how he figured this out.
Kepler did not discover ellipses. In 1605 he discovered that the orbits of the planets were ellipses rather than perfect circles.
The year Kepler firstpublished this ideawas 1609.
Kepler discovered the orbits of the solar system are elliptical.
No, Johannes Kepler is best known for describing the laws that dictate how orbits work. The Kepler planets were discovered by the Kepler telescope, a spacecraft named in his honor.
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Kepler discovered the orbits of the solar system are elliptical.
Johannes Kepler
No, that was done by Johannes Kepler.
That they followed elliptical orbits.
The first to discover weed in his era.
No. He was at least 2000 years too late!
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