Johannes Kepler: A scientific and humanitarian legacy for the 21st century T. J. Mahoney Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

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Johannes Kepler: A scientific and humanitarian legacy for the 21st century T. J. Mahoney Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

An Aside for IYA2009 –Astronomy begins when we leave the telescope and start to puzzle over what we have seen there. –Astronomy is our attempt to understand the Universe rather than just look at it. –We must offer the public more than mere celestial spectacle.

Why Kepler? 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Astronomia Nova (which contained the first two laws of planetary motion) Kepler, with his ecumenical views on religion, is a positive example of unity to a much religiously troubled 21st century

Mysterium Cosmographicum: Towards a new cosmology Why were the planets spaced as they were in order of distance from the Sun? Had God arranged the Universe in accordance with the perfect precepts of geometry? Could we discover the true cosmic harmony?

Kepler’s Problem: The real Copernican model Planets orbit the central point of the Earth’s orbit – NOT the Sun! Predictions of planetary positions not much better than with using the Ptolemaic system

Kepler and Tycho at Benatky Kepler joins Tycho at Benatky Castle (near Prague) The collaboration lasted only 20 months (until Tycho’s death in 1601) COMMENT FOR IYA2009: The Czech Republic should celebrate this wonderful example of political asylum and its spectacular consequences for world astronomy!

Planetary motions: Kepler’ first two laws (in the correct order) Kepler discovered his first two laws in the following order: 1)The radius vector sweeps out equal areas in equal times. 2)The planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus. Kepler resorted to elliptical orbits ONLY because circles didn’t work with the equal-areas-in-equal-times law.

Other Kepler Firsts: 1604 (Astronomia pars optica): Discovery of inverse square law of photometry First correct explanation of how the human eye works 1611 (Dioptrice): Invention of the astronomical telescope 1620 (Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae): First textbook on heliocentric astronomy 1629:...admonitio ad astronomos... First predictions of transits of Mercury and Venus

His Finest Hour Kepler’s Mercury transit prediction was out by a mere 6 hours. Brahe’s observations and Kepler’s laws led to the Rudolphine Tables giving a factor 20 improvement in the prediction of planetary positions.

Kepler the Refugee Kepler was persecuted for his religious (not his scientific) views: –Hounded by princes who adopted Catholicism –Excommunicated from Lutheran community for his views on the Eucharist and his strong tendency towards ecumenism

‘When the storm rages and the state is threatened by shipwreck, we can do nothing more noble than to lower the anchor of our peaceful studies into the ground of eternity.’ What better message of hope to offer the world in 2009?