Nicholas Copernicus 1473-1543 was a Polish priest and astronomer who created an alternative model of the planets which put the Sun at the centre, instead of the Earth as generally accepted at that time.
Kepler's model is the one we use today, and it has the Sun at the centre, like the Copernican model, but all the other details of Copernicus's theory were rejected in favour of elliptical orbits.
That the earth revolves around the sun, not that the sun revolves around the earth.
Copernicus is generally accredited with the idea that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Ptomely thought that the earth was at the centre of the universe and everything revolved around it. His model had everything moving in perfect circles or circles within circles. Copernicus suggested that the Earth in fact revolved around the sun. It wasn't until Galileo and the invention of the telescope that Copernicus was proved right Later Kepler went on to prove that the planets orbit in elliptical and not circular orbits.
Copernicus.
He discovered that the Earth is a moving planet
Nicholas Copernicus stated that the Earth rotates on an axis and orbits around the Sun. To come about this he used circles moving in an orbit, or circular way, to support his system about Earth and its rotation. He used fixed stars, or "non moving" stars, to show the motion of other planets.
Nicholas Copernicus stated that the Earth rotates on an axis and orbits around the Sun. To come about this he used circles moving in an orbit, or circular way, to support his system about Earth and its rotation. He used fixed stars, or "non moving" stars, to show the motion of other planets.
Copernicus' theory was that Earth is not the center of the universe and we revolve around the Sun.
Copernicus' theory was that Earth is not the center of the universe and we revolve around the Sun.
That the earth revolves around the sun, not that the sun revolves around the earth.
That the earth revolves around the sun, not that the sun revolves around the earth.
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer. His greatest contribution was to assert that the earth revolves around the sun. At the time that Copernicus lived, the general conception was that the sun revolved around earth.
Copernicus
that the earth traveled around the sun
Copernicus is generally accredited with the idea that the Earth revolved around the Sun.