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List of things named after Johannes Kepler

Index List of things named after Johannes Kepler

This is a list of things named after German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630). [1]

43 relations: Asteroid, Eponym, Frankfurt, Johannes Kepler, Johannes Kepler ATV, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Kepler (lunar crater), Kepler (Martian crater), Kepler (microarchitecture), Kepler (opera), Kepler (software), Kepler (spacecraft), Kepler Challenge, Kepler College, Kepler conjecture, Kepler Follow-up Program, Kepler Input Catalog, Kepler Kessel, Kepler Launch Site, Kepler Mire, Kepler Museum, Kepler object of interest, Kepler orbit, Kepler photometer, Kepler problem, Kepler scientific workflow system, Kepler Track, Kepler triangle, Kepler's equation, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, Kepler's Supernova, Kepler-11, Kepler-22, Kepler-22b, Kepler–Bouwkamp constant, Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron, Moon, Orbital elements, Phobos (moon), Refracting telescope, Star, Two-body problem in general relativity, 1134 Kepler.

Asteroid

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.

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Eponym

An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.

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Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer.

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Johannes Kepler ATV

The Johannes Kepler ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 002 (ATV-002), was an unmanned cargo spacecraft built to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

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Johannes Kepler University Linz

The Johannes Kepler University Linz (German: Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, short: JKU) is a public institution of higher education in Austria.

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Kepler (lunar crater)

Kepler (Latin Keplerus) is a lunar impact crater that lies between the Oceanus Procellarum to the west and Mare Insularum in the east.

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Kepler (Martian crater)

Kepler is a crater on Mars, located in the Eridania quadrangle at 46.8° S, 140.9° E. It measures approximately and was named in 1973, by the International Astronomical Union, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler.

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Kepler (microarchitecture)

Kepler is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, first introduced at retail in April 2012, as the successor to the Fermi microarchitecture.

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Kepler (opera)

Kepler is an opera by Philip Glass set to a libretto in German and Latin by Martina Winkel.

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Kepler (software)

Kepler is a free software project written in Lua that provides a portable, extensible website development platform.

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Kepler (spacecraft)

Kepler is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars.

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Kepler Challenge

The Kepler Challenge Mountain Run is the premier mountain running event in New Zealand and follows the 60 km Kepler Track through the Fiordland National Park.

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Kepler College

Kepler College (formerly Kepler College of Astrological Arts and Sciences) is an online certificate program for the pseudoscientific study of astrology.

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Kepler conjecture

The Kepler conjecture, named after the 17th-century mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, is a mathematical theorem about sphere packing in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

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Kepler Follow-up Program

The Kepler-Follow-up Program, known also as the Kepler Follow-up Observation Program and KFOP, is a program instituted to conduct follow-up observations on Kepler Objects of Interest (KOI), or signals noticed by the Kepler spacecraft that may indicate the presence of a planet transiting its host star.

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Kepler Input Catalog

The Kepler Input Catalog (or KIC) is a publicly searchable database of roughly 13.2 million targets used for the Kepler Spectral Classification Program (SCP) and Kepler.

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Kepler Kessel

Kepler Kessel (or Kepler Keßel; also known as the KepKess or KepKeß) is the student newspaper of the school of Kepler-Gymnasium in Ulm, Germany.

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Kepler Launch Site

Kepler Launch Site is a site for the launch of low and medium power model rockets south of Weil der Stadt in Germany at.

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Kepler Mire

The Kepler Mire, or Dismal Swamp east of Lake Manapouri, is the largest wetland in the Te Anau basin complex in New Zealand, covering more than 900 ha (altitude 220–230 m).

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Kepler Museum

The Kepler Museum is a museum of astronomy in Prague, Czech Republic, named for the German astronomer Johannes Kepler.

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Kepler object of interest

A Kepler object of interest (KOI) is a star observed by the Kepler spacecraft that is suspected of hosting one or more transiting planets.

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Kepler orbit

In celestial mechanics, a Kepler orbit (or Keplerian orbit) is the motion of one body relative to another, as an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola, which forms a two-dimensional orbital plane in three-dimensional space.

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Kepler photometer

The Kepler photometer is the main instrument on NASA's Kepler spacecraft.

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Kepler problem

In classical mechanics, the Kepler problem is a special case of the two-body problem, in which the two bodies interact by a central force F that varies in strength as the inverse square of the distance r between them.

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Kepler scientific workflow system

Kepler is a free software system for designing, executing, reusing, evolving, archiving, and sharing scientific workflows.

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Kepler Track

The Kepler Track is a circular tramping track which travels through the landscape of the South Island of New Zealand and is situated near the town of Te Anau.

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Kepler triangle

A Kepler triangle is a right triangle with edge lengths in geometric progression.

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Kepler's equation

In orbital mechanics, Kepler's equation relates various geometric properties of the orbit of a body subject to a central force.

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Kepler's laws of planetary motion

In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planetary motion are three scientific laws describing the motion of planets around the Sun.

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Kepler's Supernova

SN 1604, also known as Kepler's Supernova, Kepler's Nova or Kepler's Star, was a supernova of Type Ia that occurred in the Milky Way, in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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Kepler-11

Kepler-11 is a Sun-like star slightly larger than the Sun in the constellation Cygnus, located some 2,150 light years from Earth.

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Kepler-22

Kepler-22 is a star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, the swan, that is orbited by a planet found to be unequivocally within the star's habitable zone.

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Kepler-22b

Kepler-22b, also known by its Kepler object of interest designation KOI-087.01, is an extrasolar planet orbiting within the empirical habitable zone of the Sun-like star Kepler-22.

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Kepler–Bouwkamp constant

In plane geometry, the Kepler–Bouwkamp constant (or polygon inscribing constant) is obtained as a limit of the following sequence.

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Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron

In geometry, a Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron is any of four regular star polyhedra.

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Moon

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

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Orbital elements

Orbital elements are the parameters required to uniquely identify a specific orbit.

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Phobos (moon)

Phobos (systematic designation) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos.

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Refracting telescope

A refracting telescope (also called a refractor) is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image (also referred to a dioptric telescope).

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Star

A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.

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Two-body problem in general relativity

The two-body problem (or Kepler problem) in general relativity is the determination of the motion and gravitational field of two bodies as described by the field equations of general relativity.

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1134 Kepler

1134 Kepler, provisional designation, is a stony asteroid and eccentric Mars-crosser from the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Johannes_Kepler

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