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What is difference between Copernicus and Kepler's description of planetary orbits?
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Both models have the Sun in the centre and all the planets going round it, including the Earth.
Copernicus (1543) used a system of circles and epicycles similar to the one used by Ptolemy over a thousand years earlier. Both models represented the movements of the planets among the stars with quite good accuracy.
Kepler (1609) used the novel idea of elliptical orbits for the planets. Tycho Brahe had made new observations with unprecedented accuracy, and Kepler found that the new elliptical model fitted these observations more accurately than the other models.
At the time the new model was published there was no way of deciding which model was right. But, 70-80 years later, Isaac Newton's theoretical discoveries in gravity and dynamics were used to show that the planets must follow elliptical orbits under the force of the Sun's gravity. After that Kepler's model was accepted generally.
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Who was the scientist who showed that gravity accounts for keplers laws of planetary motion?
Isaac Newton
Keplers law that describes how fast planets travel at different points in their orbits is called the law of?
This is known as Keplers 2nd Law of Planetary Motion. It states that line drawn between a planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas during equal time intervals.
What was Johannes Kepler known for?
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630) was a German astronomy and natrual philosophere who was known for his ability in formulating and verifying the three laws of planetary motion, which are now known as Keplers's Laws.
What is the keplers theory?
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion, published in 1609 and 1619:Theorbitof everyplanetis anellipsewith the Sun at one of the twofoci.Alinejoining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equalareasduring equal intervals of time (otherwise known as Conservation of Angular Momentum).Thesquareof theorbital periodof a planet is directlyproportionalto thecubeof thesemi-major axisof its orbit.
What year did Kepler accomplish the Keplers laws?
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion:1] Each planet moves in an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus2] The line form the sun to any planet sweeps out equal areas of space in equal time intervals3] The squares of the times of revolution (days, months or years) of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their average distances from the sun.
What are the rules summarising planetary movements called?
Keplers Laws
What was Johannes Keplers major contribution?
Known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion.
Who was the scientist who showed that gravity accounts for keplers laws of planetary motion?
Isaac Newton
What is a word that is related to keplers three laws and starts with the letter m?
Mindboggling? They are "Laws of Planetary Motion". So I guess the answer is "motion".
What two things is gravitational field strength dependent on?
Distance from the body and the mass of the body. See Keplers laws of planetary motion for more info.
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.
Keplers law that describes how fast planets travel at different points in their orbits is called the law of?
This is known as Keplers 2nd Law of Planetary Motion. It states that line drawn between a planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas during equal time intervals.
What is the main difference between keplers system and the Copernicus system?
Copernicus's system used circles and epicycles, just like the ancient Ptolemaic system, with the difference that by placing the Sun at the centre Copernicus could simplify the complicated paths taken by the planets through space. Kepler had the advantage of new accurate observations made by Tycho Brahe at the end of the 16th century, and these enabled Kepler to realise that by using elliptical orbits for the planets, the modelled positions could be fitted more closely with the measured positions. Kepler retained the idea of having the Sun at the centre and it is the model used today with slight modifications from Einstein's theory of relativity.
What was Johannes Kepler known for?
Johannes Kepler(1571-1630) was a German astronomy and natrual philosophere who was known for his ability in formulating and verifying the three laws of planetary motion, which are now known as Keplers's Laws.
What was the date of Keplers theory?
April 27, 4977 B.C. That was when he once calculated that the universe began. Or, you may mean when he published his Laws of Planetary Motion. He published his first 2 laws in 1609 and his 3rd law around 1619.
What was the evidence of Keplers theory?
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), a German who travelled to Prague to become the assistant of Brahe, was studying the orbit of Mars and while examining that data discovered the Laws of Planetary Motion which state an elliptical orbit rather than a circular one.
What does Keplers laws apply to?
Celestial objects in orbit.
