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- Niccolò Copernico, a Polish astronomer, is renowned for advocating the heliocentric theory, which was pivotal in the astronomical revolution.
- Besides being an astronomer, he was also a canon, jurist, governor, astrologer, and physician, showcasing a diverse range of expertise.
- Copernico's heliocentric model positioned the Sun at the center of the solar system, challenging the geocentric model that placed Earth at the center.
- While the heliocentric concept was initially proposed by the Greek philosopher Aristarchus of Samos, Copernico's contribution was in his mathematical and observational rigor.
- A historical debate about Copernico's nationality exists, though he is generally considered of Polish descent with both Polish and German familial roots.
Niccolò Copernico
Niccolò Copernico (Miko.aj Kopernik in Polish, Nicolaus Copernicus in the ancient and international texts) (Toru., February 19 th 1473. Frombork, 24 May 1543) has been a famous Polish astronomer to have brought to the affirmation of the heliocentric theory, contributing so to the astronomic Revolution.It was also a canon, a jurist, a governor, an astrologer and a physician. A historical-geographical debate, today considered few serious, was translated in a sour argument around his nationality. Copernico is considered generally a descending Polish from a family of origins Poles and German.His theory - that it proposes the Sun to the center of the system of orbits of the component planets the solar system - it takes back that Greek fret of Aristarco from Samo of the eliocentrismo, the opposite theory to the geocentrismo, that the Earth instead wanted to the center of the system. His worth it is not therefore the idea, already expressed by the Greek but his rigorous demonstration through observations type rational and mathematical.
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