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Comment: 01:42 - 01:54 (00:12)

Source: Annenberg/CPB Resources - Earth Revealed - 2. The Restless Planet

Keywords: "Johannes Kepler", "elliptical orbit", planet, Sun

Our transcription: Meanwhile, in Central Europe, Johannes Kepler further refined this notion by demonstrating that each planet orbits the sun in a non-circular orbit known as an ellipse.

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