1. Kepler - Noun
2. Kepler - Proper noun
German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)
Source: WordNetAstronomers observed these changes, called transit timing variations, with the NASA Kepler space telescope, which detected the precise times when Kepler-88 b crossed (or transited) between the star and the telescope. Source: Internet
An injury to captain Kepler Wessels meant Cronje was captain for the final day of the match. Source: Internet
As a physical basis, Kepler drew by analogy on William Gilbert's theory of the magnetic soul of the Earth from De Magnete (1600) and on his own work on optics. Source: Internet
But without the significantly more accurate data of Tycho's observatory, Kepler had no way to address many of these issues. Source: Internet
By 1624, however, the escalation of those tensions and the ambiguity of the prophecies meant political trouble for Kepler himself; his final calendar was publicly burned in Graz. Source: Internet
By his position as Brahe's assistant, Johannes Kepler was first exposed to and seriously interacted with the topic of planetary motion. Source: Internet