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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Noun1.Nicolaus Copernicus - Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)Nicolaus Copernicus - Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
Copernicus, Mikolaj Kopernik
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Put together, his observations validated the revolutionary theory of Nicolaus Copernicus that Earth orbits the Sun, and not the other way round.
Paradigm shift: How Galileo's spy glass upended science by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Trigonometry was still so little known in 16th century Europe that Nicolaus Copernicus devoted two chapters of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium to explain its basic concepts.
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Cross Altar tomb at Frombork Cathedral are those of the great Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus.
Copernicus' eyes were blue, not dark brown by Asian News International
 
 
 
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