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Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
scientific laws describing motion of planets around the Sun
SN 1604
supernova visible from Earth in the 17th century
Kepler triangle
A right triangle whose edge lengths form a geometric progression
Michael Maestlin
German astronomer and mathematician (1550–1631)
Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron
regular star polyhedron
Kepler
lunar impact crater
Kepler's equation
Equation in orbital mechanics
Kepler conjecture
mathematical theorem about sphere packing
Johannes Kepler University Linz
public university in Linz, Austria
Johannes Kepler ATV
European uncrewed cargo resupply spacecraft
Kepler orbit
describes the motion of an orbiting body as an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola
Kepler problem
special case of the two-body problem

Katharina Kepler
accused in a witch trial & mother of Johannes Kepler
Matthias Hafenreffer
German orthodox Lutheran theologian (1561-1619)
Radial trajectory