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Johannes Kepler showed that IF the planetary orbits are elliptical,
THEN that would explain the measurements that Tycho Brahe collected
during his whole life.
Isaac Newton showed that IF gravity works the way he thought it does,
THEN the planetary orbits would have to be elliptical.
Both of these are only theories. They have never been proven.
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∙ 7y agoJohannes Kepler discovered that orbits are elliptical rather than circular.
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