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Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a famous Polish astronomer and mathematician. He was best known for his work “On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres,” which states that the Sun is the center of the solar system.
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What was the most notable about nicolaus Copernicus' work?
He challenged the theory which was then accepted that the earth is at the centre of everything (geocentric theory) with the sun, moon, planets and stars orbiting it. He replaced it with the theory that the sun was at the centre (heliocentric theory), which greatly irritated the Catholic Church.
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Nicolau Tudela was born on February 27, 1961, in Viseu, Portugal.
What was Nicholas Copernicus remembered for?
Dude sat in his back yard and said "whoa those other dudes are wrong. The earth is moving around the sun, the sun isn't going around earth. Oops I shouldn't have figured that out, they are going to kill me."
What is Nickolaus Copernicus famous for?
Copernicus was the first scientist to postulate that our solar system was heliocentric. Until that time, everyone "knew" that the earth was the center of the solar system - everything else, including the sun, revolved around the earth. Copernicus got considerable grief for his views, and it was several more centuries before it was universally accepted that he was correct - the solar system is heliocentric.
How was nicolaus Copernicus discovery proved?
His suggestion was that the Sun is at the centre of the solar system. It was proved in the 18th century after Isaac Newton's laws of motion and the law of gravity were applied to demonstrate that the Sun is far more massive than all the planets.
