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Whose laws of hravity ecplained how the planets move around the sun?
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Whose naked-eye observations of the planets were used by Kepler to formulate three rules for planetary motion?
Tycho Brahe
Who created the modern model of the solar system by discovering that the planets move in ellipses?
Johannes Kepler whose new theory was published in 1609.
Which is the only planet whose English name does not derive from greek roman mythology?
The only planet whose name in English is not derived from Greek or Roman mythology is Earth.
Were the sun and planets among the first generation of stars created in universe?
No. The estimated age of the sun and planets is somewhere less than 5 billion years, whereas we can see objects in the universe whose age is estimated at 13.5 billion years.
Is a dwarf planet a moon?
No, a dwarf planet is not a moon. A moon is a body which orbits a large body. However, dwarf planets don't orbit any larger bodies and just orbit the sun in their solar system. Most dwarf planets are failed planets that were forming, but were to close to a gas giant whose gravity messed up the formation of the planet.
Whose laws of gravity explained how the planets move around?
Isaac newton :)
Whose laws of gravity explained how planets move around the sun?
Isaac newton :)
Whose theory that the earth and the other planets orbit around the sun revolutionized the science of astronomy?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Is it true or false volcanism occurs on planets whose interiors have completely cooled?
Volcanism can only occur on planets with a liquid mantle.
What are the 7 big crustal planets?
Solid or terrestrial planets are those whose primary mass is land. The terrestrial planets in the Earth's solar system include Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
Is Saturn the only planet that had rings?
Though Saturn is the only planet whose rings are spectacularly visible, there are three other planets who have faint traces of rings around them. They are Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter.
Is Venus's a rocky or a gas planet?
The four planets whose orbits are nearest the sun are all rocky planets. They include Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
What planet starts with K?
None in our Solar System. Outside of it, there are a bunch of planets whose name starts with "K2", or with "Kepler", or with "KELT". Check the Wikipedia article "List of exoplanets (full)" for the complete list.
What planet has the shortest year of the inner planets?
Mercury, whose year is about 88 Earth days.
What is the Name for planets whose atmosphere is made up of mostly gases?
atmosphere is made up of gases in all planets. But if you mean planets that are mostly atmosphere, then those are gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus)
Who named these 8 planets?
The 8 planets of the solar system have been observed since ancient times and were named long ago, by people whose names are not recorded by history.
Does any planet cross the earth's orbit?
There are no planets that cross the earth's orbit. Pluto (dwarf, or minor planet) and Neptune are the only planets whose orbits cross. However there are over 100 asteroids (minor planets) that cross the earth's orbit.
