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Well, he was right about the Sun being the center of the solar system.
Actually, he thought that the Sun was the center of the Universe.
It wasn't his fault, but the Universe is now known to be so much bigger.
His system was a failure in some ways because he kept many of the old ideas.
For example, he thought the planets moved in circular orbits and he also kept to the old theory of "epicycles".
It was left to Kepler to come up with the correct description of the planets' motions.
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Is Nicolaus Copernicus an ancestor of Colin Kaepernick?
I doubt it -- Copernicus never married or had any children.
Who was Copernicus the child of?
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik 1473-1543) was technically a "Junior" since his father was also named Nicolaus. His mother's maiden name (in English) was Barbara Watzenrode.
Who was The founder of astronomy showed that earth and other planets move around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus.
Who was convicted of heresy for supporting the sun centered view of the solar system?
Galileo Galilei
Who was the first scientist to propose that the sun is the centre of your solar system?
the first to formulate a comprehensive HeliocentrismCosmology, which displaced the Earthfrom the center of the Universewas Nicolaus Copernicus
