Re: VMs: Kepler & the VMS

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

At 22:19 24/04/2004 +0100, Jeff Haley wrote:
> Kepler actually predicted a transit of Venus that would occur in 1631. This
> was observed by Gassendi after Kepler's death. Rather than being bothered
> about anyone else's predictions he was making his own.

Errrrm... exactly! :-)

> BTW Kepler first rationalised the orbits as circular within platonic solids.

That was precisely what J.V.Field's book was about, IIRC.

> So how would that relate to the VMS diagrams?

Errrrm... exactly? :-)

My point was that, though he was in the right place at the right time doing 
the right thing to see the VMs (and his story sheds a bit more light on 
Rudolf's court), there's no evidence that Kepler actually did. Similarly 
for Tyco Brahe, etc etc.

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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