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Old 28-December-2007, 01:30 AM
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Default Happy Birthday Johannes Kepler

December 27 is a day to celebrate the life of astronomer Johannes Kepler, who was born on this date in 1571, and is best known for his three laws of planetary motion. But also, coming up in 2009, The International Year of Astronomy (IYA) will celebrate the work of Kepler as well. [...]

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I remember when he turned 400. I made up a bunch of Kepler Cards and sent them out to my friends instead of the usual Holiday cards. A couple years later it was time to celebrate birthday #500 for Miklaus Kopernig (Copernicus).
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Kepler.
I'm sorry Brahe treated you so stinky. :-(
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