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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who proposed that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, replacing the earlier earth-centered model of the universe. His theory was published in 1543 in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.

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1473 1
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Astronomy 1
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1. Nicolaus Copernicus (Britannica)
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