[UA] Re: [UA]

[Nick Wedig]

> >>>Terrocentric models of the solar system could, and DID, provide more 
>accurate predictions of celestial events than Galileo's heliocentric model 
>for decades, until Kepler [Kepler?  I think it was Kepler.] came along with 
>the idea of elliptical orbits instead of circular ones.<<<
>
>I believe that it *was* Johannes Kepler (hope I speled that rite). 

Kepler did establish that orbits are ellipses.  How much that did for the terrocentric model, I forget.

>Kepler has the same birthday as my Nan, and as this French goth chick that I 
>rather liked in high school. You see how the concpiracies surround us 
>everywhere?

A conspiracy of people with the same birthday?

Need I point out what the chance of matching birthdays is (ie, rather likely)?

Mr. Teapot
shares his birthday with 1/365 of people

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