Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

scientific laws describing motion of planets around the Sun

supernova visible from Earth in the 17th century

A right triangle whose edge lengths form a geometric progression

German astronomer and mathematician (1550–1631)

regular star polyhedron

lunar impact crater

Equation in orbital mechanics

mathematical theorem about sphere packing

public university in Linz, Austria

European uncrewed cargo resupply spacecraft

describes the motion of an orbiting body as an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola

special case of the two-body problem

accused in a witch trial & mother of Johannes Kepler

German orthodox Lutheran theologian (1561-1619)