Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer famous for his laws of planetary motion. Check out our Johannes Kepler facts page for more information.
Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer famous for his laws of planetary motion. Check out our Johannes Kepler facts page for more information.

Kepler was the mind that pulled together the observations of Galileo and the data from Tycho to figure out how the planets moved around the sun.


Although his three laws were not recognized in his day (scoffed was more like it!), these laws are still used in today’s science classes. The Kepler mission launched in March, 2009, and is designed to search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. Here’s a video that details the mission:


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2 Responses to “Kepler Mission”

  1. Oops – you’re right. One is a duplicate of the other. I’ve fix it so now there’s only one. Sorry about that!

  2. Carol Emmert says:

    what is the difference between the videos