What did Copernicus invent/discover?

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Answer 1

Copernicus was one of the first people to propose that the sun was the center of the universe, not the earth. However, the idea that all of the orbits of the planets were circular skewed his idea quite a bit and caused him a lot of problems in explaining how his idea would work.

Answer 2

What Did Nicolaus Copernicus Invent

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What Did Copernicus Discover

Answer 4

The history of Copernicus’ proposal was long developed. He first came to the conclusion that the Earth orbited the sun, and not the other way around in 1507. His motivation at the time was rooted in the planetary tables of orbits at the time. Those tables had the orbits of other planets being based off of Earth being stationary, and Copernicus felt that it would be easier to determine the orbits by plotting them from the sun as the center, as opposed to the earth. This was the birth of Copernicus’ heliocentric system.
By 1530 Copernicus had summarized his theories in his notes...
It wasn’t until 1543, when Copernicus’ findings were finally published. It took even longer for his ideas to be found truthful, and accepted by the many. Still his ideas were incredibly close the right idea, and just as close to accurate planetary tables of orbits. His biggest mistake in his theory, was the thought that planetary orbits were perfectly round. Still his findings laid the foundations for a scientific revolution in the time to come.

Answer 5

Born February 19, 1473
Toruń, Royal Prussia
Died May 24, 1543
Frombork (Frauenburg), Warmia, (Poland)

Known for: The first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system.

Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was an astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system in his epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres).

Copernicus was one of the great polymaths of the Renaissance. He was a mathematician, astronomer, jurist, physician, classical scholar, governor, administrator, diplomat, economist and soldier. Amid his extensive responsibilities, he treated astronomy as an avocation. However, his formulation of how the sun rather than the earth is at the center of the universe is considered one of the most important scientific hypotheses in history. It came to mark the starting point of modern astronomy and, in turn, of modern science, encouraging young astronomers, scientists and scholars to take a more skeptical attitude toward established dogma.

Answer 6

Copernicus postulated that the sun was at the center of the solar system. This was at the time when the Catholic and other churches were still adherents of the theory that the Earth was at the center of the solar system:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus

Answer 7

While Copernicus is acknowledged as the one who postulated a heliocentric solar system It was actually Aristrachus of Samos around 200 BC who was recorded first in history to have postulated the notion. However at that time imankind was not ready to accept such a radical notion.

It was almost not ready to accept Copernicus' postulation either in his book titled (in English) "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies" that was published as Copernicus lay on his deathbed. Galilleo almost lost his life for using the reuslts he saw through his telescope to refute the geocentric theory and postulate the Copernicus was right despite the contradiction this made to the Church's teachings. He was summoned to Rome and forced to retract the postulation and it was not until Newton and his laws of motion and gravity that the geocentric theory was finally deposed.

Some errors included the contiued need for epicyles as he assumed that the planetary orbits were perfect circles. It was Kepler who used the most accurate data of the day (by Tycho Brahe) to show that planets moved in ellyptical rather than circular orbits leading him to propose his laws of planetary motion.

Galilleo almost lost his life for using the results he saw through his telescope to refute the geocentric theory and postulate the Copernicus was right despite the contradiction this made to the Church's teachings. He was summoned to Rome and forced to retract the postulation.

It was not until Newton and his laws of motion and gravity that the geocentric theory was finally overthrown. His laws also confirmed Kepler's Laws