Actually, no one challenged his theory. In fact the next real astronomer, to even come back to his theory was Galileo, who came around fifty years later. There were absolutely no challenges to his theory, but between the fifty years of Copernicus's death, and Galileo proving Copernicus right, his theory was shunned, and the church passed a law that saying his name was illegal.
Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to propose the heliocentric model of the solar system in his book "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" published in 1543. He suggested that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun, contrary to the prevailing geocentric model.
With the use of his new invention, the telescope, Galileo was able to verify Copernicus's theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. He was placed under house arrest for his views, by the Catholic Church.
Not by the scientific community, but his extensive data was used by Keppler to figure out that planets had eliptical orbits. this led to kepplers laws of planetary motion.
His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.
Galileo Galilei was put on trial by the Inquisition for advocating the heliocentric model of the universe, which contradicted the geocentric views of the Catholic Church at the time. His writings that supported the findings of Copernicus were considered heretical by the Church, leading to his trial and subsequent conviction.
Everyone just knew that the world was flat... If that was wrong, what else could be wrong...
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Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to propose the heliocentric model of the solar system in his book "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" published in 1543. He suggested that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun, contrary to the prevailing geocentric model.
Nicolas Copernicus
Copernicus. He did it in a book entitled "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres." Of course, Copernicus had completed his work much earlier, but was afraid to publish it in fear of persecution from the Catholic Church. As it turns out, a Protestant religious person got a hold of the manuscript before its publication and changed parts of it without Copernicus' consent.
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Copernicus thought that is was heliocentric theory ( that the earth revolves around the sun) and Brahe thought that it was geocentric ( that everything revolves aroung the earth )
Copernicus was the first scientist to postulate that our solar system was heliocentric. Until that time, everyone "knew" that the earth was the center of the solar system - everything else, including the sun, revolved around the earth. Copernicus got considerable grief for his views, and it was several more centuries before it was universally accepted that he was correct - the solar system is heliocentric.
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The other characters' views and thoughts are left out.
The first description of the Earth as going around the "central fire" was by Aristarchus of Samos, about 2,400 years ago. Unfortunately, Aristotle's incorrect views were more widely accepted, until Nicolai Copernicus came up with a more complete description of a Sun-centered theory about 470 years ago. Copernicus published his theory in 1543