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- According to Kepler, the planets' distances from the Sun were such that five
- regular polyhedrons could be placed between the planets known at his time.
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- Kepler's cosmology contained elements of medieval Christian concepts of the
- universe and Pythagorean-Platonic numerology. For instance, the speeds of the
- planets were in relation to the integral numbers of music and when orbiting the
- Sun, each of the planets played its own, harmonious music.
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