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Nicolas Copernicus studied the sun by observing its motion and position in the sky over time. He used a technique called heliocentrism, which suggested that the sun, not the Earth, was the center of the solar system. Copernicus' observations and mathematical calculations led to his development of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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What branch of science did Nicolas Copernicus study?
Nicolas Copernicus was mostly known for his astrology. He was also a mathematician, a physician, a translator, an artist, a diplomat, an economist.... But he was more well known for his astrology because he discovered heliocentrism ( theory that the sun is stationary at the centre of the earth).
Who said the earth revolved around the sun?
Nicholaus Copernicus first hypothesized that the sun is the center of the universe and planets revolve around it with his heliocentric model. Kepler discovered ellipses (the orbits of of the planets with the sun at one focus).
Why was Nicolas Copernicus famous?
His mathematics. He was the first person since the Greeks who put the sun at the center of the solar system instead of the Earth.
Who created a model of the solar system in which all orbit the Sun?
Nicolas Copernicus He published it at the end of his life to increase the chances of it being accepted.
Did Nicolas Copernicus win any prizes?
no haha
