these are amazing looking illustrations of johannes kepler's solar system. at the time there were only six planets (during the 1590's). kepler thought one could describe relationship and distance between these planets in terms of five 'platonic' solids, which were then enclosed within a sphere, represtnting saturn's orbit. kepler's book was called "mysterium cosmographicum" or the cosmographic mystery.
ASTRO_STACHE alert!
the great comet of 1577 (c/1577 v1): europe saw the light and it was good. they all asked each other, "what what what? planets aren't the only thing out there?"
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