Copernicus was employed by the Church and was reluctant to publish work that contradicted the scriptures. Publication of his book was delayed until the year he died, 1543.
His ideas went against conventional thinking of the time, so many people would not have accepted it.
he died
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Kepler showed that planetary orbits were actually ellipses, not circles as proposed by Copernicus.
Copernicus was employed by the Church and was reluctant to publish work that contradicted the scriptures. Publication of his book was delayed until the year he died, 1543.
His ideas went against conventional thinking of the time, so many people would not have accepted it.
he died
Yes, in 1543, the year of his death.
on the revolution of the celestial spheres
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He knew that the church would oppose his theories.
Nicolaus Copernicus's scientific ideas regarding the universe and specifically the idea of heliocentrism were at odds with the generally accepted ideas of his time. It was difficult for people to accept these new ideas, made even more difficult by the Catholic Church's powerful opposition to them for some time.
Kepler showed that planetary orbits were actually ellipses, not circles as proposed by Copernicus.
he was arrested by the church
Everyone, not just scientists in his time were reluctant to accept his ideas. To agree with him would be to go against the church, which was something nearly everyone was unwilling to do
Nicholas Copernicus did