Kepler's laws of planetary motion law" is what became the Second Law in the set of three; but Kepler did himself not privilege it in that way. Johannes Kepler published his first two laws about planetary motion in 1609, having found them by analyzing the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe. Kepler's third law was published in 1619. Kepler had believed in the Copernican model of the solar system, which called for circular orbits, but he could not reconcile Brahe's highly precise observations with a circular fit to Mars' orbit—Mars coincidentally having the highest eccentricity of all planets except Mercury. His first law reflected this discovery.
Giles Strangways (died 1546) Giles Strangways (died 1546) Sir Giles Strangways (1486 – 11 December 1546), of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, was an English politician. He was the eldest son Henry Strangways of Melbury Sampford, Dorset. He succeeded his father in 1504 and was knighted in 1514. He was made an Esquire of the body by 1509. He also was appointed a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Dorset in 1509 for life, for Somerset from 1514 to 1521 and for the western circuit in 1540. He was High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset for 1512–13, 1517–18, 1524–25, 1533–34 and 1541–42. He was a Member