Episode 1 of 1

Publication of Astronomia Nova

When
1609
Where
Unspecified
Part of
Publication of Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler

Kepler published Astronomia Nova in 1609, detailing his ten-year investigation of Mars and introducing his first two laws of planetary motion.

The book, published in 1609, presented the results of Kepler's decade-long study of Mars. It provided strong arguments for heliocentrism and recorded the discovery of the first two principles of planetary motion, marking a significant contribution to the history of astronomy.

Sources

  1. Astronomia nova Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-29

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.