In the year 1609, Johannes Kepler, an avid mathematician and astronomer, reached a milestone in his career. By publishing his book, Astronomia Nova, or in English, New Astronomy, he opened the door to his first two laws of planetary motion. Ten years later, Kepler published his third law in Harmonices Mundi (Harmonies of the World). Using observations recorded by Tycho Brahe, Johannes was able to correctly theorize how the planets orbit the sun in our solar system. Though not widely accepted at first, his three laws revolutionized the way people perceived and still perceive the position and movement of the planets. His impact influenced not only discoveries and ideas during the Scientific Revolution, but also modern science. To understand how Kepler developed his three laws of planetary motion, it’s important to first review the work of his predecessor, Tycho Brahe. After becoming a famous astronomer throughout Europe, and being the nephew of the man who had saved the life of the Danish King, Frederick II, Tycho Brahe was granted an island of his own to do his meticulous, astronomical observations. By 1580, Brahe’s palace on the island, Uraniborg, contained the instruments and observational tools (including a huge quadrant, synchronized clocks, and his observatory as a whole) needed to precisely measure the position …show more content…
Through the help and observations of Tycho Brahe, Kepler was able to introduce three laws that would change the way people viewed astronomy and physics, as well as science as a whole. Though Kepler’s laws were not acknowledged with wide-spread support upon their initial releases, they still had a great impact on many scientific successors of Kepler’s time, including Isaac Newton. The effect of Kepler’s laws did not stop there, as they are still influencing and inspiring modern