Why do people remember Nicolaus Copernicus?

Answer 1

Copernicus was considered the father of modern astronomy because he devised a new heliocentric (Sun-centered) system. He also stated that the Earth and all the other planets revolved around a stationary central Sun.

Answer 2

Copernicus was a scientist who published a book 'Onthe Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres' (in latin) in 1543. The book demonstrated that the motions of objects in the night sky could be explained without the Earth being placed stationary in the centre. The book is widely accredited with beginning the scientific revolution. (This was a period of time when science progressed rapidly when it had hardly changed throughout the whole middle-ages)

Answer 3

While Nicolaus Copernicus was an accomplished mathematician, physician and teacher he is mostly widely recognized for establishing the order in which the planets rotated in the solar system that was later named the Heliocentric Model.

Answer 4

he is known for knowing and finding out everything about sience

Answer 5

Copernicus is famous for I Dont Know!

Answer 6

Beacuse he perfected the heliocentric model.
Johannes Kepler became famous because he was the first person to therorize that the planets moved in an elliptical pattern.

Answer 7

Nicolaus Copernicus was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically-based heliocentric cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe

Answer 8

He wasthe first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.

Answer 9

Most famous for advancing the theory that the sun was the center of the universe instead of earth being the center. Also a noted mathmatician.

Answer 10

Copernicus' astronomical contributions included the suggestion of the heliocentric theory, the theory that the sun was at the center of the universe. Kepler clarified the idea.