Johannes Kepler

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astrologer astronomer human mathematician natural philosopher

Johannes Kepler was a pioneering 17th-century German astronomer and mathematician best known for formulating the three laws of planetary motion that laid crucial groundwork for classical mechanics.

Aliases (3)

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astrologer → astronomer → human → mathematician → natural philosopher →
academicDegree	Master of Arts →
burialPlace	Regensburg →
causeOfDeath	fever →
countryOfCitizenship	Holy Roman Empire →
dateOfBirth	1571-12-27 →
dateOfDeath	1630-11-15 →
educatedAt	Tübinger Stift → University of Tübingen →
employer	Imperial court in Prague → Linz provincial government → University of Graz →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Kepler →
fieldOfWork	astrology → astronomy → mathematics → optics →
givenName	Johannes →
hasAsteroidNamedAfter	1134 Kepler →
hasCraterNamedAfter	Kepler (Martian crater) → Kepler (lunar crater) →
hasOccupation	author → teacher →
hasSpacecraftNamedAfter	Kepler space telescope →
influenced	Galileo Galilei → Isaac Newton → later classical mechanics →
influencedBy	Nicolaus Copernicus → Ptolemy → Tycho Brahe →
knownFor	Kepler's laws of planetary motion → improvements to the refracting telescope → support of heliocentrism → work in optics →
languageOfWorkOrName	German → Latin →
movement	Scientific Revolution →
notableIdea	area law of planetary motion → elliptical orbits of planets → harmonic law relating orbital period and semi-major axis →
notableWork	Astronomia nova → Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae → Harmonices Mundi → Mysterium Cosmographicum → Rudolphine Tables →
placeOfBirth	Duchy of Württemberg → Weil der Stadt →
placeOfDeath	Free Imperial City of Regensburg → Regensburg →
positionHeld	Imperial Mathematician → district mathematician in Linz → teacher of mathematics in Graz →
religion	Lutheranism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Barbara Müller → Susanna Reuttinger →
workLocation	Graz → Linz → Prague → Sagan →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archimedes → De revolutionibus orbium coelestium → Galileo Galilei → Ibn al-Haytham → Nicolaus Copernicus → Tycho Brahe →	influenced
Astronomia nova → Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae → Harmonices Mundi → Mysterium Cosmographicum →	author
Kepler (Martian crater) → Kepler (lunar crater) → Kepler space telescope →	namedAfter
Barbara Müller → Barbara Müller ("Johannes Kepler (1571–1630)") → Susanna Reuttinger →	spouse
Universitas Carolina → University of Tübingen →	hasNotableAlumnus
Sagan →	associatedWith
Tycho Brahe →	astronomicalDataUsedBy
Rudolphine Tables →	compiledBy
Kepler (lunar crater) →	eponym
Johannes Kepler ("Kepler") →	familyName
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion →	formulatedBy
Johannes Kepler ("1134 Kepler") →	hasAsteroidNamedAfter
Kepler (Martian crater) →	hasEponym
Weil der Stadt →	hasNotablePerson
Scientific Revolution →	hasParticipant
Isaac Newton →	influencedBy
Imperial Mathematician →	notableOfficeHolder
Sagan →	notableResident
Susanna Reuttinger →	spouseName
Tycho Brahe →	studentOrAssistant