Publication · 1609 CE
Astronomia nova
History of Astronomy
About the work
Kepler's 'New Astronomy', in which his struggle with the orbit of Mars led him to the first two laws of planetary motion: elliptical orbits and the equal-area law.
Author
Introduced
Knowledge connections
- Published byJohannes Kepler
- Part ofThe Scientific Revolution
- IntroducedKepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
General reference for the history of astronomy, biographies, and cultural context.