may 7, 1571 - Thomas Kepler
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Lifespan: 1571 - 1630
- German scientist who contributed to the Scientific Revolution
- Said that planets moved in ellipses instead of circles
- Said that both speed and orbit time of planets depended on the distance from the sun.
Mindset: Introduced the idea of elliptical orbits.
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