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Kepler’s model of the Solar System

Diagram depicting nested solid polyhedra.

Johannes Kepler’s model of how he theorised the Solar System to be structured. Nested polyhedral orbs of mathematically calculated sizes are used to represent the orbits of the six then-known planets. 

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