Johannes Kepler
Astronomia Nova
- born in Germany (1571)
- learned Copernican system at university
- worked with Tycho at Prague
- took over Tycho's job and data
- couldn't get theory to match the data
Astronomia Nova 1609.
Kepler's third law 1618
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Davison E. Soper, Institute of Theoretical Science,
University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403 USA
soper@bovine.uoregon.edu