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When did Johannes Kepler announce his third law of planetary motion?
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler, engraving by N. Dietz.
German astronomer Johannes Kepler announced his third law of planetary motion in 1619. He published this finding, often referred to as the harmonic law, in his work titled Harmonice Mundi (The Harmony of the World).12