| 11 August |
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Session 1 (Chair S. Rabin)
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| 11:00-11:10 |
T. J. Mahoney |
Welcome to Special Session 9 |
| 11:10-12:00 |
J. V. Field (I) |
Kepler's cosmology |
| 12:00-12:50 |
B. Stephenson (I) |
Why should an astronomer today care about Kepler? |
| 12:50-14:30 |
Lunch |
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Session 2 (Chair: G. Hon) |
| 14:30-15:20 |
A. Mosley (I) |
Trusting in Tycho: Kepler's use of Tycho's data in the Astronomia nova |
| 15:20-15:50 |
T. J. Mahoney (C) |
The mindset of uniform circular motion |
| 15:50-16:10 |
Coffee break |
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Session 3 (Chair: S. Dupré) |
| 16:10-17:00 |
A. E. L. Davis (I) |
Kepler's laws: Some myths dispelled |
| 17:00-17:30 |
I. I. Shevchenko (C) |
The Kepler map in perspective |
| 12 August |
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Session 4 (Chair: A. C. Mosley [TBC]) |
| 11:00-11:50 |
J. M. Pasachoff (I) |
Kepler's Astronomia nova as a rare book |
| 11:50-12:40 |
J. Wlodarczyk (I) |
Kepler's Dream |
| 12:40-14:30 |
Lunch |
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Session 5 (Chair: J. Wlodarczyk [TBC]) |
| 14:30j-15:20 |
Giora Hon (I) |
The Great Synthesis: The multifaceted new astronomy of Johannes Kepler (1609) |
| 15:20-15:50 |
TBD (C) |
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| 15:50-16:10 |
Coffee break |
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Session 6 (Chair: A. E. L. Davis) |
| 16:10-17:00 |
Sven Dupré (I) |
Galileo's telescope and Kepler's optics |
| 17:00-17:30 |
TBD (C) |
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| 13 August |
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Session 7 (Chair: B. Stephenson) |
| 09:00-09:50 |
Sheila Rabin (I) |
"Third Man in the Middle": Kepler between astronomy and astrology |
| 09:50-10:20 |
S. Bludman (C) |
Kepler and the Star of Bethlehem |
| 10:20-10:40 |
Coffee break |
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Session 8 (Chair: J. V. Field) |
| 10:40-12:30 |
All invited speakers |
Round table discussion on the future of Kepler studies |
| 14 August |
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Session 9 (Chair: T. J. Mahoney) |
| 09:00-10:30 |
Open session |
Proposal for an IAU Working Group on the Future of Kepler Studies |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
End of public part of Special Session 9 |
| 11:00-12:30 |
Members of WG |
Proposed IAU WG closed session meeting |
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