2015 Event Scientists announce discovery of a planet in the Kepler-452 solar system that closely resembles Earth in size and orbit; the planet, Kepler 452-b, has a diameter 60% larger than Earth's but an orbit that is 385 days, close to Earth's 365 days 2014 Event NASA announces that its Kepler space telescope has discovered 715 planets in other solar systems, bringing the instrument's new-planet tally to 961; four of the latest discoveries are thought to have an orbit favorable to habitation, but the distance of these planets makes exploration impossible with current technology 1982 Event Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 vs. England) 1961 Birthday Shell Kepler, actress, Amy Vining-General Hospital 1918 Event Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered 1631 Event 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed 1631 Event Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler 1630 Death Johann Kepler, German astronomer, dies at 58 1630 Death Johannes Kepler, German Scientist 1620 Event Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft 1618 Event Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law 1604 Event Supernova "Kepler's nova" 1st sighted 1600 Event Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler meet for 1st time near Prague 1595 Event Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe 1571 Birthday Johann Kepler, born in Wurttemberg, Germany, astronomer, elliptical orbits 1571 Birthday Johannes Kepler, German Scientist 1571 Event Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
