How did Kepler describe the planets’ orbits?
Which correctly lists three scientists who supported the heliocentric model of the solar system?
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Like many philosophers of his era, Kepler had a mystical belief that the circle was the Universe's perfect shape, and that as a manifestation of Divine order, the planets' orbits must be circular. ... From this realization, he concluded that the orbit of Mars was elliptical, not circular.
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Although Kepler adopted the heliocentric approach of Copernicus, what he effectively first did was to perfect Ptolemy's model of the solar system (or, rather, its heliocentric equivalent). ... Kepler also introduced equants into the epicycles of the superior and inferior planets.
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