UNIVERSE
CELESTIAL MECHANICS
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Question
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Which orbital mechanics historical figure was known for being a member of the Royal Society and staunchly debating a younger astronomer on facts about orbital mechanics?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Tycho Brahe
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Johannes Kepler
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Robert Hooke
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Isaac Newton
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The controversy mainly came from the church, because when orbital mechanics was first discovered, it disproved the widely believed fact that our universe was geocentric. Geocentric meaning the Earth was in the center of the solar system, not the Sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -The three laws are: The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the foci. A line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time. The squares of the orbital periods of planets are directly proportional to the cubes of the semi-major axis of the orbits.
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