Comment Comment by throw0101c When Kepler published his models:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_m...People did not understand how or why they worked, but they switched over to them from the Ptolemaic (Tychonic, etc†) system anyway because the math was easier. It was only later (Newton, Einstein) that we understood the "why" and "how".† https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-great-ptolemaic-sma... parent throw0101c 6 days ago
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_m...
People did not understand how or why they worked, but they switched over to them from the Ptolemaic (Tychonic, etc†) system anyway because the math was easier. It was only later (Newton, Einstein) that we understood the "why" and "how".
† https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-great-ptolemaic-sma...