Copernicus Publishes Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies
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- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, German History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Germany
- Date: 1543
Article abstract: Copernicus publishes Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, replacing the ancient Greek idea of an earth-centered solar system with the modern model having the sun at the center.
Summary of Event
Since ancient times, humans have been fascinated with the motion of the objects in the sky. They recognized that most of these objects, the stars, appear to rotate in circles around the fixed pole star, Polaris in the Northern Hemisphere, as if the stars were fixed to a rigid sphere, which surrounds the earth and which rotates once each day. More...
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