Renaissance Astronomy Chapter 4

The Universe as described in Dante’s Divine Comedy Fig. 4.1 The Universe as described in Dante’s Divine Comedy

Timeline and Notable People and Events (Left) Fig. 4.2 Timeline and Notable People and Events (Left) And Four Most Prominent Renaissance Astronomers (Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, Galileo)

Copernicus

Heliocentric Model (Copernicus) Fig. 4.3 Heliocentric Model (Copernicus)

Retrograde motion according to the heliocentric model Fig. 4.4 Retrograde motion according to the heliocentric model

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Fig. 4.6 Greatest Elongation

Mars’ epicycle in Copernicus’ model Fig. 4.7 Mars’ epicycle in Copernicus’ model

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Tycho Brahe

Fig. 4.9 Tycho Brahe

Fig. 4.10 Parallax of a Star Distance = 1/parallax

Kepler

Fig. 4.12 Ellipses

Kepler’s first law: Planets move around the Sun in ellipses Fig. 4.13 Kepler’s first law: Planets move around the Sun in ellipses

Kepler’s second law: Planets sweeps out equal areas at equal times Fig. 4.14 Kepler’s second law: Planets sweeps out equal areas at equal times

Kepler’s 3rd law Kepler’s third law      

Galileo

Fig. 4.15 Galileo’s Drawings of the moon

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