The planets may have been in motion, but after Nov. 15, 1630, this German astronomer wasn't
He's best known for his laws of planetary motion, which also provided one of 
the .... Galileo Galilei (02/15/1564-01/08/1642) - Portrait (1636) An Italian 
physicist, ..... Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational 
astronomy", the... [DOC] [TLE] German pronunciation: [kpl]; December 27, 1571  November ... [PAR] Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571  November 15, 1630) was a German ... 
Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "
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