Introduction Nicolaus Copernicus was born on the 19 of Febuary 1473, in the city of Torun. Nicolaus...
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Introduction Nicolaus Copernicus was born on the 19 of Febuary 1473, in the city of Torun. Nicolaus had three siblings He studied Astronomy and Mathematics
Introduction Nicolaus Copernicus was born on the 19 of Febuary
1473, in the city of Torun. Nicolaus had three siblings He studied
Astronomy and Mathematics in Cracow In 1496 he went to Italy where
he studied Greek and Philosophy in Bologna, Medicine at Padua, and
church law at Ferrera. Nicolaus died on the 24th of May 1543 (aged
70) and was buried in Frauenburg Poland.
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Contributions to Science He created the armillary sphere. He
also came up with the Heliocentric model.
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The Armillary Sphere The armillary sphere looks like a sphere
circled by a ring and set upon a base Armillary spheres were made
with different numbers of circles arranged at different angles.
These rings would then be adjusted in order to trace the path of
the stars
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The armillary sphere was widely used for navigating at sea This
invention helped him represent the universe with the planets globes
He had created many armillary spheres in his studies to help him
visualise what he was trying to prove The Armillary Sphere
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The Heliocentric Model The heliocentric model is a theory that
places the sun as the centre of the universe, and the planets
orbiting around it The heliocentric model replaced
geocentrism,which is the belief that the earth is the centre of the
universe
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The heliocentric model began to gain popularity because
technology progressed enough to gain evidence in its favour If
Nicolaus didnt come up with the Heliocentric model we wouldnt know
what time it is, what year and what month The Heliocentric
Model
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De revolutionibus orbium coelestium This was the title of
Copernicus book which means On the Revolutions of the Celestial
Spheres It contained six sections explaining his theory that
everything rotates around the sun
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The first book sets out Copernicus' heliocentric theory as the
basis for his cosmology and ongoing calculations; the second book
uses trigonometry to solve various motions of bodies in the sky;
book three looks at the motion of the Earth; book four explains the
motion of the Moon; Books five and six throw light on the motions
of the planets De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
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Crater Copernicus Copernicus Crater formed on our Moon less
than a billion years ago when an impactor, several kilometers
across, struck the surface. The impact created a circular crater
nearly 100 kilometers across and blew material out in prominent
rays. The Apollo 12 astronauts collected samples from one of the
rays. These samples provide evidence of the timing of the
impact.