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JOHN FLAMSTEED 1646-1719 BORN IN DENBY ENGLAND MATHEMETICIAN AND ASTRONOMER ATTRACTED TO ASTRONOMY BY SACROBOSCO’S DE SPHAERA MUNDI FIRST ASTRONOMER ROYAL.
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1. 2 Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) (right around Galileo) Born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (I can’t say that correctly) Last of the great astronomers who came before.
PHYS 3380 - Astronomy Exam Wednesday September 21 The exam will cover anything that was covered in the notes The exam will be closed book. You will be.
Kepler ’ s Breakthrough Kepler used Brahe ’ s data to develop three laws that could be used to describe planetary motion. All of the laws are based upon.
Chapter 3c The Science of Astronomy. © 2005 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Addison-Wesley 3.3 The Copernican Revolution How did Copernicus, Tycho,
Kepler Orbits Last time we saw that this equation describes an ellipse. r min = perihelion (for solar orbits) or perigee r max = aphelion (for solar orbits)
NATS 1311 - From the Cosmos to Earth Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) - wanted better way to predict planetary positions - adopted Sun-centered planetary.