Nothing because he published it in the same year that he died.
He wasn't. Galileo was. Copernicus published the theory that the earth revolves around the sun shortly before he died in 1543, and caused no great reaction from the church at the time. It was some 70 years later that Galileo got in trouble for advocating the theory in the 1600s.
Copernicus believed the planetary motions were due to:
The scientist that made highly accurate measurements that first disapproved the theories of Ptolmy and Copernicus was called Brahe.
Ben Obando
Aristotle said the earth was in the center. Ptolemy supported Aristotle and added to it. Copernicus said the sun was in the middle. Galileo also said the sun was in the center and added to Copernicus.
Because the church at the time believed in holy things. The thought Nicolaus was a heretic. (He was spreading false rumors according to them)Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church never condemned the theories of Copernicus. As a matter of fact, the Church supported him and urged him to publish his theories, which he did with a dedication to the current Pope. Sixty-three years after his death, the protestants objected to his theories, and subsequently, when Galileo published similar theories, Copernicus (and Galileo's work was edited to say that it was only a theory, as neither man had actually proved their theories, and there were problems with some influential Churchman at the time who thought that the theories contradicted Sacred Scripture.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
He wasn't. Galileo was. Copernicus published the theory that the earth revolves around the sun shortly before he died in 1543, and caused no great reaction from the church at the time. It was some 70 years later that Galileo got in trouble for advocating the theory in the 1600s.
Galileo, who struggled against the Catholic Church to have the theories of Copernicus accepted.
Galileo, who struggled against the Catholic Church to have the theories of Copernicus accepted.
Galileo, who struggled against the Catholic Church to have the theories of Copernicus accepted.
Galileo, who struggled against the Catholic Church to have the theories of Copernicus accepted.
Johannes Kepler
The Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) could be said to have had a good sense of self-preservation, because he did not publish his theories about the place of the earth in the solar system, contained in the book On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres, during his own lifetime for fear of being persecuted by the Catholic Church. He knew that his life depended on not doing so.When it was published, after his death, the book was in Latin, so the general public was not able to read it. Academics could, but few learned people were willing to face the Church and risk death. Seventy three years after it was published, in 1616, the Church considered the book important enough to place on its Index of Prohibited Books. This was one of many instances in which the truth came second to the interests of the Church.
Copernicus believed the planetary motions were due to:
in the late 1700s