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oct 30, 1605 - German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler

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establishes his three Laws of Planetary Motion, mathematical laws that describe the motion of planets in the Solar System, including the ground-breaking idea that the planets follow elliptical, not circular, paths around the Sun. Newton later used them to deduce his own Laws of Motion and his Law of Universal Gravitation.

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oct 30, 1605
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~ 419 years ago

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