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Q: How did Kepler and Galileo improve upon Copernicus theory?
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How did Galileo's observations of Jupiter's moons support Copernicus theory?

The discovery did not support Copernicus's theory directly but it raised doubts about the ancient theory of Ptolemy that said that all objects in the sky are in orbit round the Earth. Galileo was an aggressive supporter of Copernicus's theory but eventually it was Kepler's theory that became accepted and is still used today. Both Copernicus and Kepler placed the Sun at the centre but Kepler's elliptical orbits are supported by the later theory of dynamics.


How did Kepler's work improve on or support Copernicus's heliocentric theory?

Kepler completely replaced Copernicus's theory of the orbits of the planets, which was based on circles an epicycles, with a new theory using elliptical orbits. However Kepler retained Copernicus's idea of placing the Sun at the centre.


How did Kepler's work improve on or support Copernicus' heliocentric?

Kepler completely replaced Copernicus's theory of the orbits of the planets, which was based on circles an epicycles, with a new theory using elliptical orbits. However Kepler retained Copernicus's idea of placing the Sun at the centre.


What do Copernicus Galileo kapler and newton have in common?

Galileo did not have his own theory. He was a supporter of Copernicus's heliocentric theory and an opponent of the geocentric Ptolemaic theory. Eventually both theories were rejected in favour of Kepler's theory. But Kepler's theory uses the heliocentric idea from Copernicus's theory.


How did keplers work improve on or support Copernicus heliocentric theory?

Kepler completely replaced Copernicus's theory of the orbits of the planets, which was based on circles an epicycles, with a new theory using elliptical orbits. However Kepler retained Copernicus's idea of placing the Sun at the centre.


Who supported the Copernicus theory?

Galileo


How did Kepler improve Copernicus theory?

He discovered that planets move in ellipses not circles and that the sun stays in it's own place.


What is the scientific basis of the heliocentric theory?

Copernicus and later Galileo and Kepler. Venus was found to have phases Jupiter was found to have moons Elliptical orbits which Kepler found would later be described by gravity Start there.


Who is the great mathematician and physicist brought together some of the theories and discoveries of Copernicus Kepler and Galileo under a single theory of motion?

Sir Issac Newton


How was nicholas Copernicus research proven by Johannes Kepler?

Kepler's theory eventually replaced Copernicus's theory after Tycho Brahe's measurements enabled Kepler to realise that the planets move in elliptical orbits and not in the circles and epicycles of the older Ptolemaic and Copernican models. Copernicus was able to simplify the older model by placing the Sun at the centre instead of the Earth. Kepler in his new theory of 1609 retained Copernicus's idea of placing the Sun at the centre.


Which great mathematician and physicist brought together some of the theories and discoveries of Copernicus Kepler and Galileo under a single theory of motion known as the law of universal gravitati?

Isaac Newton.


Who confirmed copernicus' heliocentric theory?

Aristarchus of Samos