When NASA and a Group of Astronomers Sent Up a Spacecraft

question 35

Multiple Choice

When NASA and a group of astronomers sent up a spacecraft designed to find planets orbiting other stars, they named it after Kepler. Why was this an appropriate name?

• A) Kepler used his telescope to find the first planet orbiting another star
• B) Kepler was the first person to express the law of universal gravity in mathematical terms
• C) Kepler figured out the rules of planetary motion, which planets in our solar system and planets elsewhere must obey
• D) Kepler was the first person to suggest how to launch rockets into space
• E) Kepler designed the first telescope ever built
• 3)2 Newton's Great Synthesis

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