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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 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.