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Copernicus did not reject the idea that planetary orbits around our Sun were circular.
He theorized that planetary orbits were circular - in fact, they're elliptical (elongated). He also theorized that the Sun was the center of the Universe, which of course it's not.
It is believed that Nicolaus Copernicus first proposed the heliocentric theory.
The gravity of the sun attracts the earth.
Copernicus came up with a new theory of the planets' movements among the stars in 1543. It had the Sun at the centre instead of the Earth, which was in the centre in the ancient Ptolemaic theory. Both theories used circles and epicycles to describe the planet's orbits, which they modelled quite accurately. Copernicus's theory was promoted by Galileo. The modern theory retains Copernicus's idea of placing the Sun at the centre, but it uses elliptical orbits for the planets and was devised by Kepler (1609) working with the latest observations by Tycho Brahe.
His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.
His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.
His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.
His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.
His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.
His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.
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He suggested the orbits were circles.
Copernicus did not reject the idea that planetary orbits around our Sun were circular.
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Kepler showed that planetary orbits were actually ellipses, not circles as proposed by Copernicus.
Kepler realised the planets orbits are not circles; they are ellipses.