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Johannes Kepler did this important work at the start of the 1600s using accurate observations made by his employer, Tycho Brahe.

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Johannes Kepler determined that planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun in the early 17th century. His observations and mathematical calculations led to the formulation of his three laws of planetary motion.

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Q: When did kelper work out planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun?
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What evidence do you have that the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun and not in circular orbits?

Elliptical orbits of the planets around the sun actually match what we observe. Newton's Theory of Universal Gravitation states that planets will move around the sun in elliptical orbits.


Planets move around the sun in orbits?

elliptical


In what type of orbits do planets move around the sun?

elliptical


Is the orbit of each planet a ellipse?

All the planets have elliptical orbits but Uranus and Neptune have slightly different orbits than other planets on solar system.


Who introduced elliptical orbits?

It was Kepler who discovered that the planets orbits are elliptical.


What are the planets orbits?

The planets orbits are the routes or paths that the planets follow around our sun. One orbit is one trip around the sun (one year).


Johnnas Kelpler discovered that the orbits in which planets move around the sun are?

Elliptical


His calculations showed that the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits?

Kepler


Who discovered that planets have elliptical orbits?

Johannes Kepler proposed that these planets orbit the sun in ellipses, not circles. That is why we have Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion.


What keeps planets in elliptical orbits?

Gravity and velocity (inertia) keeps planets in orbit around suns.


How do you use elliptical in a sentence?

The orbits of the planets around the Sun are not spherical as many people imagine but are in fact elliptical.


What is the shape of the planets orbits discovered by keplar?

elliptical