... problem. Tycho's data was the best available before the invention of the telescope and the accuracy was good enough for Kepler to show that Mars' orbit would precisely fit an ellipse. Discovering the elliptical orbits of the planets solved the problem of the planets speeding and slowing which was observed. Now there was no need for using epicycles and having a mean ... ...

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