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Kepler

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Kep·ler  (kplr), Johannes 1571-1630.
German astronomer and mathematician. Considered the founder of modern astronomy, he formulated three laws to describe how the planets revolve around the sun.
Kepler [ˈkɛplə]
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(Astronomy) a small crater in the NW quadrant of the moon, centre of a large bright ray system
Kepler1
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(Biographies / Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630) M, German, SCIENCE: astronomer) Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1571-1630, German astronomer. As discoverer of Kepler's laws of planetary motion he is regarded as one of the founders of modern astronomy
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Noun1.KeplerKepler - German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)
Johan Kepler, Johannes Kepler


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Like Kepler and Aristarchus, which overlook the "Ocean of Tempests," sometimes it appeared like a brilliant point through the cloudy light, and was taken for a volcano in activity.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
If there is even a single body moving freely, then the laws of Kepler and Newton are negatived and no conception of the movement of the heavenly bodies any longer exists.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I maintain that if the discoveries of Kepler and Newton could not have been made known except by sacrificing the lives of one, a dozen, a hundred, or more men, Newton would have had the right, would indeed have been in duty bound .
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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