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Astronomy and the Renaissance

Astronomy and the Renaissance. Know about Copernicus and the Sun-Centered Model Know Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion. Ptolemy’s Model. Claudius Ptolemy – AD 150 Ptolemy believed that heavenly bodies (planets and stars) were perfect, in contrast to earthbound objects

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Astronomy and the Renaissance

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  1. Astronomy and the Renaissance • Know about Copernicus and the Sun-Centered Model • Know Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion

  2. Ptolemy’s Model • Claudius Ptolemy – AD 150 • Ptolemy believed that heavenly bodies (planets and stars) were perfect, in contrast to earthbound objects • For 1,300 years, his model was the conventional wisdom of the scientific world • The universe was based on perfect circles • An epicycle is the circular orbit of a planet, the center of which revolves around the Earth in another circle

  3. Lesson Overview • Copernicus and the Sun-Centered Model • Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion

  4. Copernicus and the Sun-Centered Model

  5. Why Copernicus Searched for a Better Model • Ptolemy’s model designed to predict planetary movements were off (by as much as 2 degrees)… • Hence calendars, largely based on astronomical bodies were not accurate. More accurate data was needed for the Roman Catholic Church in order to correctly observe religious events. • In addition, Ptolemy’s theory of epicycles didn’t adequately explain changes in Mars’ brightness

  6. Copernicus’ Heliocentric System • Earth, one of several planets revolving around the Sun • Plane of Earth’s equator tilted • Moon revolves around Earth • Earth’s atmosphere simply follows Earth as it rotates

  7. Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe’s (1571-1630) • Danish astronomer and fierce mathematician • Tycho’s observations didn’t confirm the more recent Copernican model. • Trying to bridge the two Tycho developed a hybrid model that put Earth at the center of Sun’s orbit • Other planets orbiting Sun • Wrong conclusion for a good reason

  8. Tycho Brahe • Tycho Brahe's contributions to astronomy were atill enormous. • Supernova (1572) • He not only designed and built instruments, he also calibrated them and checked their accuracy periodically….thus he revolutionized astronomical instrumentation. • He also gave a young mathematician, Johannes Kepler a break…..well sort of

  9. Kepler’s First Law: The Significance of the Ellipse • Ellipse – a geometrical shape of which every point is same total distance from two fixed points • Each planet’s path around the Sun is an ellipse • The Sun is at one focal point

  10. Kepler’s Second Law: The Planets’ Changing Speeds • A planet speeds up when it is closer to the Sun, and slows down when it is farther away

  11. How Kepler’s Third Law Implied the Force of Gravity • Kepler hypothesized that a force held the planets near the Sun—gravity • His 3rd Law states that the square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the Sun. (period)2 = (constant) x (average distance)3 • Harmonic Law: expresses a relationship between the time a planet takes to orbit the Sun and its distance from the Sun Longer distance from sun, longer time to orbit, more distance traveled thus slower speed in its orbit

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  13. Astronomy and the Renaissance • Know about Copernicus and the Sun-Centered Model • Know Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion

  14. Next… Done – Astronomy and the Renaissance Next – The Enlightenment and Modern Astronomy

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