[DOC] [TLE] Elliptical Orbits - Windows to the Universe [PAR] Dec 16, 2005 ... The Sun isn't quite at the center of a planet's elliptical orbit. ... a German 
astronomer who lived in the early 17th century, discovered some... [DOC] [TLE] Johannes Kepler - Wikipedia [PAR] Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. A 
key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his laws of 
planetary ... He was introduced to astronomy at an early age, and developed a 
love for it that ..... When conjoined with Christiaan Huygens' newly discovered law 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Copernicus, Brahe & Kepler [PAR] A key figure in the origins of the seventeenth-century scientific revolution was 
Nikolaus ... Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was born in Swabia, Germany. ... the 
evidence - and discovered that the planets move not in a perfect circle but 
elliptically. ... The planets travel around the sun in elliptical orbits, with the sun at 
one focus. [DOC] [TLE] Which astronomer discovered that the planets orbit the sun in [PAR] Answer to Which astronomer discovered that the planets orbit the sun in ... 
Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer who lived in the early 17th century,. [DOC] [TLE] BBC - Universe - Johannes Kepler (pictures, video, facts & news) [PAR] The German astronomer Johannes Kepler described what later became known 
as the three laws of planetary motion in the early 17th century. ... Kepler 
describes how the planets move around the Sun. ... A key figure in the 17th 
century scientific revolution, he is best known for his laws of planetary motion, 
based on his... [DOC] [TLE] How Johannes Kepler revolutionized astronomy: this 17th-century ... [PAR] ... this 17th-century German astronomer explained planetary orbits, discovered 
light's ... An early bout with smallpox left Kepler with defective vision--one reason 
he ... two of his three laws of planetary motion: Planets orbit the Sun in ellipses,... [DOC] [TLE] Johannes Kepler - Britannica.com [PAR] Apr 22, 2016 ... German astronomer who discovered three laws of planetary motion. ... follows: (1
) the planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus; (2) the ... 
problematic for other important 17th-century world-system builders, the most .... 
Early in the 1590s, while still a student, Kepler would make it his mission... [DOC] [TLE] The earth's shape is an ellipsoid [PAR] Just as a sphere is based on a circle, an ellipsoid is based on an ellipse. ... Early 
in the seventeenth century, German astronomer and philosopher, ... orbits of the 
planets around the sun, discovered that the ellipse described the orbits perfectly. [DOC] [TLE] Important Dates and Discoveries - The Physics of the Universe [PAR] 4th Century B.C. - The Greek philosopher Aristotle describes a geocentric ... other 
planets orbit the Sun (a geocentric model with heliocentric aspects). ... and 
describes elliptical orbits around the Sun, which some have interpreted as 
heliocentrism. ... 9th - 11th Century - Early Muslim and Jewish theologians such 
as Al-Kindi,... [DOC] [TLE] Famous Astronomers - StarTeach Astronomy Education [PAR] According to him, the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars travel in ... 
Perhaps his greatest discovery was the precession, or wobble, of the Earth's axis, 
which ... He therefore used the idea of elliptical orbits to describe the motions of 
the planets, which .... German) was probably the greatest mind of the twentieth 
century. [DOC] [TLE] 17th Century Scientists - A World History Encyclopedia [PAR] This began to change in the late 16th century and the early 17th century. ... 
Kepler showed they orbit the Sun in ellipses and they move faster as they 
approach the Sun. ... He also discovered 4 small 'moons' orbiting the planet 
Jupiter. At the ... A German named Christoph Scheiner claimed that they were 
satellites of the sun. [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Science - A World History Encyclopedia [PAR] The Scientific Revolution of the 16th Century and 17th Century. In the 2nd ... 
Kepler showed they orbit the Sun in ellipses and

Question: In the early 17th century this German discovered that the planets orbit the sun in ellipses
Answer: Johannes Kepler