Johann+Kepler

=Johann Kepler = December 27, 1571- November 15, 1630 Johannes Kepler was born in Weil der Stadt in Swabia, in southwest Germany. From 1574 to 1576 Johannes lived with his grandparents; in 1576 his parents moved to nearby Leonberg, where Johannes entered the Latin school. In 1584 he entered the Protestant seminary at Adelberg, and in 1589 he began his university education at the Protestant university of Tübingen. Johann Kepler became a devoted Christian while living with his grandparents. He was often quoted saying, "O God, I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee." Johann although having a passion for God also had a passion for astronomy. He is simply introduced as the Chief founder of modern astronomy. He observed the Great Comet of 1577 when he was six and the 1580 Lunar Eclipse. He is best known for his three mathematical laws of planetary motion (Kepler's Law.) Kepler's law describe the motion of planets in the Solar System. The eliptical pattern of which the planets move around the sun was also discovered by him. In 1597 Kepler married Barbara Müller. In that same year he published his first important work, //The Cosmographic Mystery//, in which he argued that the distances of the planets from the Sun in the Copernican system were determined by the five regular solids.



Through the use of Tycho Brahe's work, Kepler mapped the orbit of Mars to fit the shape of an ellipse. He went on in this work to create two of his three laws of planetary motions, including the law that all planets move in elliptical orbits.

Johann Kepler revolutionized scientific belief by applying physics to astronomy. Without his findings and discoveries, we might not have had the knowledge about the placement of the sun and the shape of the orbits.

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Johann Kepler revolutionized all aspects of how we see science. Thanks to him we know the true shape of the orbits ! We are no longer the center of the universe, and the sun is finally getting the credit it deserved. Between 1617 and 1621 Kepler published //Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae//, which became the most influential introduction to heliocentric astronomy. In 1619 he published //Harmonice Mundi// ("Harmony of the World"), in which he derived the heliocentric distances of the planets and their periods from considerations of musical harmony. Here we find his third law, relating the periods of the planets to their mean orbital radii. We are awarding Johan Kepler with 1,000 dollars and the Honorary Planet award due to his discoveries.

HONORARY PLANET TROPHY

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The Church is posting a 5,000 dollar reward to bring back Johann Kepler dead or alive. He is spreading his crazy idea that we, the king, are not the center of the universe. His idea states the sun is rather more important, and we are revolved around it. His heretic ways are causing disturbance within the Church, there fore we are taking charge. Retrieve this heretic and you will be rich!

DEAD OR ALIVE

Notebook Activity
You must create an acrostic poem using Johann Kepler's name resulting in his life passions, life work, and life achievements. Ex:
 * S**ince we are light years away, the glow is tiny.
 * T**he starry luster tricks the eye, for it is just a planet.
 * A**rriving to a star would take an extremely long time
 * R**ight above your house, the north star will bring you home.