Title: Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, because Kepler desc Post by: Tsync on Feb 9, 2016 Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, because Kepler described the orbits as:
A) much larger than Copernicus had envisioned. B) elliptical, not circular. C) around the Sun, not the Earth. D) being on equants instead of epicycles. E) complex, with epicycles to account for retrograde motions. Title: Re: Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, because Kepler Post by: Ratatouille on Feb 9, 2016 Content hidden
Title: Re: Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, because Kepler desc Post by: Tsync on Mar 2, 2016 This astronomy class is killing me, thanks for chiming in and answering
Title: Re: Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, because Kepler desc Post by: Ratatouille on Mar 3, 2016 Cool :D
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