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Actually the ancient Greeks were the first to realize the world was round.

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Who were famous scientists in the 1500s?

Nicolaus Copernicus.


In the 1500s who developed a heliocentric explanation for the motion of the planets?

It was Copernicus.


In the 1500s who developed the heliocentric explanation for the motion of the planets?

It was Copernicus.


What was Copernicus book about?

I am not sure which of his books you are asking us about, since he wrote at least three of them. But his best known was On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres (in Latin,De revolutionibus orbium coelestium). Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer, and this book taught something entirely new for the 1500s-- that the planets revolved around the sun.


Which scientist published a book in the 1500s giving evidence the Earth orbits the sun?

Copernicus


Who proposed the circular orbits of the planets around the sun in the 1500s?

Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model with circular orbits of the planets around the Sun in the 1500s. His work, "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium," laid the foundation for the Copernican Revolution in astronomy.


Who was the first scientist to dispute Ptolemy's model of a geocentric or Earth-entered universe?

Nicolaus Copernicus < NOVA NET ANSWER


In the 1500s who further developed the heliocentric explanation for the motion of the planets?

In the 1500s, Nicolaus Copernicus further developed the heliocentric explanation for the motion of the planets with his publication of "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) in 1543. He proposed that the Sun, not Earth, was the center of the solar system.


Why was nicolaus Copernicus theory that the earth orbits the sun so shocking to the people living in the 1500s?

His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.


Why was nicolaus Copernicus's theory that the earth orbits the sun so shocking to people living in the 1500s?

His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.


Why was nicolaus Copernicus's theory that earth orbits the sun so shocking to the people living in the 1500s?

His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.