Model of Kepler's "Mysterium Cosmographicum"

Johannes Kepler: Mysterium Cosmographicum, Tübingen 1596, Tabula III: Orbium planetarum dimensiones, et distantias per quinque regularia corpora geometrica exhibens Bildquelle: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke, http://blogs.ethz.ch/digital-collections/

Mysterium Cosmographicum appeared in 1596, in which Kepler designed a model of the world connecting the five regular bodies discussed in Platos Timaeus with the structure of the planetary system. In doing so, Kepler believed to hav uncovered the secret blueprint of creation. The drawing shows the various geometric bodies being linked to planetary orbits.

Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), Mysterium Cosmographicum, Tabula III: Orbium planetarum dimensiones, et distantias per quinque regularia corpora geometrica exhibens, Tübingen 1596; source: https://etheritage.ethz.ch/2009/07/31/johannes-kepler-mysterium-cosmographicum-tubingen-1596/, © ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke.