Johannes Kepler1605
Finding that an elliptical orbit fit the Mars data, concludes that all planets move in ellipses, with the sun at one focus-Keplers first law of planetary motion
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Finding that an elliptical orbit fit the Mars data, concludes that all planets move in ellipses, with the sun at one focus-Keplers first law of planetary motion
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