Question

"Laws of Planetary Motion" was discovered by _______ and he was from _______.
1. Nicolas Copernicus, Poland
2. Galileo Galilei, Italy
3. Johannes Kepler, Germany
4. Tycho Brah, Sweden

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Johannes Kepler, Germany

• Answer:(3) - Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)  was a German astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer.
• He is best known for his laws of planetary motion and his books Astronomia Nova.
• He gave three laws and discovered that the planets move in orbit shaped like an ellipse.

Invention	Inventor	Country	Year
Laws of planetary motion	Kepler	Germany	1609
Planets orbit around the sun and sun is the center of the universe (Solar System)	Nicolas Copernicus	Poland	1516-19
Phases of Venus, Jupiter moons	Galileo Galilei	Italy	-
Irregularities in moon's orbit	Tycho Brah	Sweden	-