The Scientific Revolution
Jennifer A 6th period
What was the change?
Who were the people associated with the change?
Copernicus
Kepler
1.The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.
2.A line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.
3.The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
Galileo
Newton
1.Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.
2.The relationship between an object's mass m, its acceleration a, and the applied force F is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors (as indicated by their symbols being displayed in slant bold font); in this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.
3.For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.