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Astronomy In The Renaissance

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In the Renaissance time, people began once again to explore the world and the universe. One area of science which made great discoveries during this time was astronomy. Astronomy is the study of planets, stars etc. Kepler was a scientist that studied astronomy and he contributed a lot to find about the 3 laws of the planetary motion. On december 27, 1541, he was born in a german city called Weil der Stadt in Swabia, not so far from France. His father was a soldier. When he had 7 years he got sick. From 1547 to 1576 he lived with his grandparents. His grandfather was called Sebald Kepler and his grandmother was called Melchior. He entered a protestant university called Turbingen. There he studied mathematics, astronomy, philosophy
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