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How was the planet Kepler 22b named?
Kepler-22b was given its the designation Kepler as it is one of many planets discovered by the Kepler observatory. The 22b refers to it being the innermost (and only known) planet orbiting the star Kepler-22.
How did Kepler disagree with the theorys of Copernicus?
Johannes Kepler found out that planets move in ellipses and move at variable speeds as they travel round the sun. The former theory of Copernicus was not wrong, but Kepler's theory was found to be more accurate when accurate observational methods were developed. Later Kepler's theory was backed up by theory when Newton's law of gravitation came along. However in the 20th century Einstein's theory of relativity produced some small corrections to the Kepler/Newton theory.
Is the sun the center of earths ellipse or is the sun off center of earths ellipse?
The Sun does NOT lie at the centre of an ellipse. The Sun is at one of the two foci of an ellipse. Have you ever drawn an ellipse with two pins a piece of string and pencil on a board. Insert the two pins into the board/paper. Loosely loop the string over the pins, and tighten with the edge of a pencil. Keeping the string taught with the pencil you can draw an ellipse. The positions of the two pins are the foci of the ellipse. Astronomically, the Sun lies at one of these pins. This was discovered by the Astronomer , Johannes Kepler, who gave us the law, that the Earth sweeps equal arcs in equal times about the Sun . The other focus may be thought of as a 'blind' focus. Have a look in Wikipedia under 'Johannes Kepler'. NB The plural of the noun 'focus' is 'foci'. 'Focuses' is when the word 'focus' is being used as a verb.
How do you evaluate this sentence '' The revolution accomplished from Copernicus to Newton was the great spiritual adjustment that modern civilization had to make?
It was certainly a scientific revolution if not a spiritual one. It started in1543, the year Copernicus published his theory of the planets' orbits in a book called 'De revolutionibus'. Copernicus's model differed from the ancient Ptolemaic model by having the Sun at the centre instead of the Earth, but in all other respects it was similar, with the planets still moving around epicycles which in turn moved in circles round the common centre. Johannes Kepler in 1609 produced an entirely novel theory explaining the planets' orbits, with the Sun at (or near) the centre and the planets travelling in fixed elliptical paths or orbits. Finally in 1687 Newton explained the planets' orbits using the new scentific discoveries of the law of gavity and the laws of motion, and confirmed the validity of Kepler's model. In that period of around 150 years the Earth's place at the centre of the Universe was evaluated and rejected, and some of the mathematical methods of modern physics were discovered and applied to the planets. Also in that period Galileo had a long quarrel with the catholic church and was tried for heresy after being accused of re-interpreting the scriptures by saying that the Copernican system was the absolute truth. However Galileo was eventually proved wrong because Kepler's model was adopted and Copernicus's model was rejected. His insistence that the Sun is at the centre was however accepted, and it still is.
What is the main difference between Kepler's system and the Copernicus system?
Both systems have the Sun at the centre, but Copernicus stuck to the ancient model of circles and epicycles to explain the planets' orbits. Kepler on the other hand used new measurements by Tycho Brahe to suggest, after a lot of detailed calculations, that the planets move in elliptical orbits. The difference between an ellipse and a circular orbit with an epicycle is extremely small in the case of planetary orbits which have a low eccentricity factor. It was not until Tycho came along that measurements of sufficient accuracy were available for Kepler to make his discovery. Later the elliptical orbits were explained theoretically, after the discovery of the law of gravity and the laws of motion. This eventually led to Kepler's theory being generally accepted as right, which it still is.
What is one odd fact about Johannes Kepler?
His mother was accused of being a witch.
What is the orbits of planets being elliptical was one the planetary laws developed by?
Johannes Kepler
What did Johannes Kepler discover about the universe?
The universe was really three-dimensional, and instead of thinking of circles, he should be thinking about spheres, with the planetary orbits being along the equators
How did Johannes Kepler figure out that the planets had an elliptical orbit?
The circular orbits that were being used at the time to model the solar system did not quite work with mathematical predictions or observations. Kepler found that elliptical orbits provided more accurate predictions of where the heavenly bodies would appear in the sky.
How was the planet Kepler 22b named?
Kepler-22b was given its the designation Kepler as it is one of many planets discovered by the Kepler observatory. The 22b refers to it being the innermost (and only known) planet orbiting the star Kepler-22.
Why did they burn Joan of Arc at the stake?
Joan had been found guilty in a rigged trial of heresy in an ecclesiastical court and the punishment for heresy was death by being burned at the stake.
Johannes brahms is known for being which of the following?
composer
What was keplers mother accused of being?
Kepler's mother was a healer and herbalist who was accused of being a witch in 1615.
The orbits of planets being elliptical was one the planetary laws developed by?
Kepler developed the Laws of Planetary motion, which include the orbits of planets being elliptical.
What is the heresy of heresies?
Goldsteinism was the heresy of heresies. However it emerged that "Goldsteinism" was created by Big Brother to entrap opponents of the regime. For a human being to insist 2 and 2 make 4 in defiance of the party saying otherwise was Winston Smith's major heresy.
Did Martin Luther commit heresy?
if he was a baptized member of the church and he rejected an article of faith, then yes. if he rejected any article of faith without being a baptized member of the church then he is free of heresy.
Who was the last man to be executed in the Tudor times and what did he do?
Heresy being a deviation from the orthodox catholic religion
