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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
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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