Nicolaus Copernicus
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Nicolaus Copernicus may have been one of the most influential astronomers. He was on of the many astronomers to believe that the sun was the center of the universe, when he created his own celestial model. His theory among many others was viewed as revolutionary but still in those times was not met with satisfaction. It was viewed as revolutionary because he was the first to go against the church's theory that the earth was the center of the universe, that is why it left a big impact, even though the Roman catholic church did not agree in the beginning.
Copernicus created his own Heliocentric Solar system( it was the first created) and set seven axioms which were; 1.Planets don't revolve around a fixed point 2. The earth is the centre of the moons orbit 3. The sun is the center of the universe 4.The distance between the earth and sun is only a tiny fraction of star's distance from the earth and sun 5. Stars do not move, but if they do its because the earth is moving 6. Earth moves in a sphere around the sun 7. Earths orbit around the sun causes the other planets to orbit the other way. Copernicus is now considered to be the father of modern astronomy because he was the first to go public about his Heliocentric solar system theory. He was the one who influenced Galileo, Kepler and Newton, which they later improved his theory, by finding more evidence. Copernicus was influenced by Ptlomy, since he was trying to prove his theory wrong, because Ptlomy's thoery was the one that influenced the way the church viewed the universe and why they thought the Earth was the center of the universe. Copernicus knew this theory was wrong when things weren't lining up. The conseqeunces of this was the criticism he got from the Roman Catholic Church, after his death when he published a manuscript about his findings and theory. Copernicus didn't have any consequences bought upon him except the criticism he recieved after his death. |