How Kepler discovered the elliptical orbit

DOI10.2307/3616881MaRDI QIDQ4077967zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors E. J. Aiton

Publication date 1975

Published in The Mathematical Gazette (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/3616881

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

Cited in

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• Kepler's derivation of the bisection of the Earth's orbit in \textit{Astronomia nova}
• Numerical range for orbits under a central force
• Kepler, elliptical orbits, and celestial circularity: A study in the persistence of metaphysical commitment

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