The German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovered the third law of planetary motion on this date in 1618. Known as the Law of Harmonies it compares the motion of different planets. Kepler discovered that the square of a planet’s orbital period is directly proportional to the cube of its average distance from the sun, and the ratio is almost exactly the same for every planet in our solar system.
I have been interested in astronomy since I was a child and when I was a senior in high school taking advanced physics, I thought that I major to major in astronomy. None of the colleges I wanted to go to offered it as a major, so I chose chemistry instead.
I loved "Middlesex". It is very relevant today – any person who read it would have a more sympathetic understanding of trans people.
Both my father (2002, age 76) and my grandfather (1961, age 66) died on March 8. I didn't realize it until I started doing genealogy research about 10 years ago. (I guess it must be written on their gravestone, but I don't visit cemeteries.) I mentioned this to my husband yesterday and he said that it was also his father's (born in 1907) birthday. My husband's parents were only 5 years younger than two of my grandparents and his grandparents were older than most of my great-grandparents.
I have been interested in astronomy since I was a child and when I was a senior in high school taking advanced physics, I thought that I major to major in astronomy. None of the colleges I wanted to go to offered it as a major, so I chose chemistry instead.
I loved "Middlesex". It is very relevant today – any person who read it would have a more sympathetic understanding of trans people.
Both my father (2002, age 76) and my grandfather (1961, age 66) died on March 8. I didn't realize it until I started doing genealogy research about 10 years ago. (I guess it must be written on their gravestone, but I don't visit cemeteries.) I mentioned this to my husband yesterday and he said that it was also his father's (born in 1907) birthday. My husband's parents were only 5 years younger than two of my grandparents and his grandparents were older than most of my great-grandparents.
Thanks. Even though this is all retrospect, I had missed this when it aired. A relevant poem, 2 new authors to explore...