Nicolaus Copernicus 540th Birthday Google Doodle

 Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a comprehensive heliocentric model which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center of the universe.

Born: February 19, 1473, Toruń
Died: May 24, 1543, Frombork
Education: University of Padua (1501 – 1503), More
Nationality: German, Polish
Parents: Barbara Koppernigk, Niklas Koppernigk






Heliocentricism is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary Sun at the centre of the Solar System. Though Heliocentricism has now been proven and is widely accepted, it wasn't the case during Copernicus's time, when many, including most religious institutions and leaders, believed that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe. This belief has been termed Geocentrism.

The Google doodle depicts the known planets of the time - Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - revolving around the Sun, while the Moon revolves around the Earth. This is solar system as described in De revolutionibus.




On Nicolaus Copernicus' birthday, Google puts the sun at the centre of the universe.

Nicolaus Copernicus Google Doodle Celebrates Heliocentrism

Copernicus, Nicholaus (1473-1543) -- from Eric Weisstein's World

Niclas Kopernik, the name of the founder of the heliocentric planetary theory;

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