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When did nicolaus Copernicus discover Jupiter was a planet?
Copernicus dis not discover that Jupiter was a planet. It was always known to be a planet, though for the longest time we did not know what a planet was.
Who was the person that had a theory that earth was a moving planet?
Copernicus.
What was Nicoluas Copernicus discovory?
He discovered that the Earth is a moving planet
Who realized that planet go around sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Which scientist said that the planet revolves around the sun?
Nicolas Copernicus
How did Copernicus realize that Venus is an inferior planet?
it was know in ancient times that Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun, and Copernicus had a model which had the Sun at the centre, so in his model Venus was closer to the centre, thus an inferior planet by definition.
When did Copernicus realize that Venus is an inferior planet?
it was know in ancient times that Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun, and Copernicus had a model which had the Sun at the centre, so in his model Venus was closer to the centre, thus an inferior planet by definition. That was in about 1560.
What made Copernicus realize that Venus is an inferior planet?
it was know in ancient times that Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun, and Copernicus had a model which had the Sun at the centre, so in his model Venus was closer to the centre, thus an inferior planet by definition.
Which astronomer thought the earth was a planet?
Copernicus was the first to suggest it as part of a serious theory, in 1543.
When was Earth the planet discovered?
The earth as planet was discovered by some of the ancient astronomers. Nicolaus Copernicus and Ptolemy are credited with provision of the initial information of the earth as a planet in relation to the solar system.
Who presented the idea that all the planets orbit the sun and that the earth itself is also a planet?
Nicolaus Copernicus .
How did Copernicus explain the retrograde motions of the planets?
All the models explain retrograde motion because it is such an obvious phenomenon. In Copernicus's model an outer planet goes into retrograde motion when the inner planet overtakes it so that it appears from the inner planet to be going backwards along the ecliptic.
