Kepler attempt to associate each of the six known planets with one of the Platonic solids (La tentative de Kepler d'associer chacune des six planetes alors connues a l'un des solides platoniciens) {a chapter of 'Mathematics - A Virtual Instrument For Exploring Space Time And Beyond'}

Kepler attempt to associate each of the six known planets with one of the Platonic solids [La tentative de Képler d'associer chacune des six planètes alors connues à l'un des solides platoniciens].

Johannes kepler found that each of the five Platonic Solids could be inscribed and circumscribed by spherical orbs, nesting these solids, each encased in a sphere and the associated to the six known planets (at that time...).

Mercury ==> Octahedron ==> Venus
Venus ==> Icosahedron ==> Earth
Earth ==> Dodecahedron ==> Mars
Mars ==> Tetrahedron ==> Jupiter
Jupiter ==> Cube ==> Saturn

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