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Johannes was born in Weil der Stadt (now part of Germany).

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He had an interest in astronomy from a very young age. When he was 6, his mother took him up to a high place to see the Great Comet of 1577. When he was 9, he was called outdoors to see a lunar eclipse. His family were poor, but Johannes got a scholarship to study at the University of Tübingen.

At University, Kepler earned a reputation as a good mathematician and astronomer.

When he was 25, he published some of his earlier work in the ‘Mysterium Cosmographicum’.

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At this time, he was working as a maths teacher.

Johannes was interested in the work of Nicolaus Copernicus, and the Sun-centred model of the Solar System. At the time, the ideas were purely mathematical and had no observational evidence to support them.

Johannes set out to find evidence for the Copernicus’ model.

When he was 29, he contacted Tycho Brahe, and asked him to share his most detailed studies of the motions of the planets. Tycho invited Johannes to st The Astronomer Johannes Kepler: A Short Biography (30 Minute ... QIGI