1605 ⟶ Kepler Begins Investigating Elliptical Planetary Orbits

Johannes Kepler starts investigating elliptical orbits of pl...
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🪐 Kepler Begins Investigating Elliptical Planetary Orbits

Johannes Kepler starts investigating elliptical orbits of planets.⟶
Kepler Begins Investigating Elliptical Planetary Orbits (1605)
AstronomyScientific RevolutionHeliocentrismPlanetary MotionJohannes KeplerPhysicsMathematicsCosmology
GermanyGermany

🪐 Kepler Publishes First Two Laws of Planetary Motion

Johannes Kepler: first two laws of planetary motion.⟶
Kepler Publishes First Two Laws of Planetary Motion (1609)
AstronomyScientific RevolutionPlanetary MotionPhysicsMathematicsJohannes KeplerTycho Brahe
GermanyGermany

🪐 Kepler Formulates Third Law of Planetary Motion

Johannes Kepler: third law of planetary motion.⟶
Kepler Formulates Third Law of Planetary Motion (1619)
Scientific RevolutionAstronomyPlanetary MotionJohannes KeplerMathematicsCosmology
GermanyGermany

🔭 Friedrich Bessel Measures Stellar Parallax

Friedrich Bessel: first successful measure of stellar parallax (to star 61 Cygni).⟶
Friedrich Bessel Measures Stellar Parallax (1838)
AstronomyPhysicsScientific RevolutionObservational AstronomyStarsMeasurement
GermanyGermany

🌡️ Rudolf Clausius Defines Entropy

Rudolf Clausius: Definition of entropy.⟶
Rudolf Clausius Defines Entropy (1865)
ThermodynamicsPhysicsEnergyScientific Revolution
GermanyGermany

⚛️ Max von Laue Discovers X-ray Diffraction

Max von Laue: x-ray diffraction⟶
Max von Laue Discovers X-ray Diffraction (1912)
PhysicsQuantum MechanicsScientific Revolution
GermanyGermany