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Kepler’s laws

Diagram of Kepler’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd laws of planetary motion.

Kepler realised the orbits of the planets could be elliptical rather than circular. Using Brahe’s data on the movement of Mars, Kepler developed his laws of planetary motion.

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