Michael Maestlin

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Michael Maestlin was a German astronomer and mathematician best known as Johannes Kepler’s mentor and an early supporter of the Copernican heliocentric system.

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Michael Maestlin canonical 5
Maestlin 1
Michael Maestlinus 1

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instanceOf astronomer
human
mathematician
alternateName Michael Maestlin
surface form: Michael Maestlinus

Michael Maestlin
surface form: Michael Mästlin
burialPlace Tübingen
citizenship Holy Roman Empire
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Württemberg
dateOfBirth 1550-09-30
dateOfDeath 1631-10-20
educatedAt University of Tübingen NERFINISHED
employer University of Tübingen NERFINISHED
era Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
ethnicGroup German
fieldOfWork astronomy
mathematics
gender male
hasFamilyName Michael Maestlin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maestlin
hasGivenName Michael
influenced Johannes Kepler
influencedBy Nicolaus Copernicus
knownFor being Johannes Kepler’s mentor
being an early supporter of the Copernican system
livedIn Göppingen
Tübingen
movement Copernican Revolution
nativeLanguage German
notableFor precise astronomical observations
notableStudent Johannes Kepler
notableWork correspondence with Johannes Kepler
early teaching of the Copernican heliocentric system
occupation astronomer
mathematician
placeOfBirth Göppingen
placeOfDeath Tübingen
positionHeld professor of mathematics at the University of Tübingen
religion Lutheranism
studied astronomy
mathematics
supportedTheory heliocentrism
taught Copernican cosmology

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Mysterium Cosmographicum dedicatedTo Michael Maestlin
SN 1572 observedBy Michael Maestlin
Great Comet of 1577 observedBy Michael Maestlin
The Cosmographic Mystery dedicatedTo Michael Maestlin
The Secret of the Universe dedicatedTo Michael Maestlin
Michael Maestlin hasFamilyName Michael Maestlin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maestlin
Michael Maestlin alternateName Michael Maestlin
this entity surface form: Michael Mästlin
Michael Maestlin alternateName Michael Maestlin
this entity surface form: Michael Maestlinus