Allie Burton 12/17/15
conclusion
1.) Explain why the study of orbital mechanics is so controversial
The theories behind orbital mechanics are based off of a few individual's studies and usually can't be understand by normal society. People tend to reject things that they can't understand.
2. What factors contribute to a theory gaining mass acceptance?
a.Nicolaus Copernicus b.Tycho Brahe c.Johannes Kepler d.Robert Hooke e.Sir Isaac Newton
The theories behind orbital mechanics are based off of a few individual's studies and usually can't be understand by normal society. People tend to reject things that they can't understand.
2. What factors contribute to a theory gaining mass acceptance?
- popular opinion of the time
- the opinion of the authority (president, media, celebrities etc)
- explainable proof of theory
- disproof of prior accepted theory
a.Nicolaus Copernicus b.Tycho Brahe c.Johannes Kepler d.Robert Hooke e.Sir Isaac Newton
- a.) formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe
- b.) discovery of the variation of the Moon's longitude supernova
- b.) refuted the Aristotelian belief in an unchanging celestial realm
- c.) laws of planetary motion
- c.) belief that God had created the world according to an intelligible plan that is accessible through the use of reason
- d.) built some of the earliest Gregorian telescopes
- d.) observed the rotations of Mars and Jupiter
- d.) investigated the phenomenon of refraction
- e.) laid the foundations for classical mechanics
- law of gravitation
- designed and constructed reflecting telescope
- 3 laws of motion