Johannes Kepler
27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630
German astronomer and mathematician who discovered the three laws of planetary motion, showing that planets move in ellipses around the Sun.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Johannes Kepler.
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Published Astronomia Nova with his first two laws of planetary motion
1609
The work established that Mars moves in an ellipse with the Sun at one focus.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Published Harmonices Mundi containing his third law
1619
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