Saturday, 6 October 2018

Intro to the chapter - Gravitation

The Story of Gravity first came into existence when a Greek mathematician, Geographer,Astrologer and Astronomer, Ptolemy,  considered the Earth to be the center of the universe and believed that all other Celestial bodies Revolved around the Earth.
Ptolemy

Ptolemaic System















Nicolaus Copernicus


It was much later in 1543 that the famous mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe. His theory is now known as Heliocentric Theory.
This theory was later proved mathematically by a Danish astronomer, Tycho Brake.








Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler played a key role in the 17th Century Scientific Revolution.
He gave 3 laws which are Very important from examination point of view.

-Law of Orbit

-Law of Area

-Law of Time Period




Law of Orbit







Law of Area






Law of Time Period





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