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Copernicus (other)
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Renaissance polymath and astronomer. Copernicus, Kopernik or Kopernikus may also refer to: Science * OAO-3 Copernicus, an orbiting astronomical observatory (X-ray and UV) launched on 21 August 1972 * Copernicus Programme, a joint initiative of the European Commission and European Space Agency * Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland * Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, an observatory and science center in Vestal, New York * Copernicium, element 112 * Copernicus (star), also known as 55 Cancri A in the 55 Cancri binary star system * Copernicus Award, a Polish-German scientific award offered jointly by the Foundation for Polish Science and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft * Erdmann Copernicus (died 1573), German scholar, not related to the astronomer Entertainment * ''Copernicus'' (film), a 1973 Polish film * '' Kopernikus'', an 1979 opera by Canadian composer Claude Vivier * Copernicus, a shuttlecraft in the ''Star Trek'' serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. In all likelihood, Copernicus developed his model independently of Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier. The publication of Copernicus's model in his book ' (''On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres''), just before his death in 1543, was a major event in the history of science, triggering the Copernican Revolution and making a pioneering contribution to the Scientific Revolution. Copernicus was born and died in Royal Prussia, a region that had been part of the Kingdom of Poland since 1466. A polyglot and polymath, he obtained a doctorate in canon law and was a mathemat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copernicus (lunar Crater)
Copernicus is a lunar impact crater located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system. It may have been created by debris from the breakup of the parent body of asteroid 495 Eulalia 800 million years ago. Characteristics Copernicus is visible using binoculars, and is located slightly northwest of the center of the Moon's Earth-facing hemisphere. South of the crater is the Mare Insularum, and to the south-south west is the crater Reinhold. North of Copernicus are the Montes Carpatus, which lie at the south edge of Mare Imbrium. West of Copernicus is a group of dispersed lunar hills. Due to its relative youth, the crater has remained in a relatively pristine shape since it formed. The circular rim has a discernible hexagonal form, with a terraced inner wall and a 30 km wide, sloping rampart that descends nearly a kilometer to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copernicia
''Copernicia'' is a genus of palms native to South America and the Greater Antilles. Of the known species and nothospecies ( hybrids), 22 of the 27 are endemic to Cuba. They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized trees growing to 5–30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna habitats.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Species and hybrids ''Copernicia'' species and hybrids are as follows. Natural hybrids The genus is named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. In some of the species, the leaves are coated with a thin layer of wax, known as carnauba wax Carnauba (; pt, carnaúba ), also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the carnauba palm '' Copernicia prunifera'' (synonym: ''Copernicia cerifera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copernican (other)
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Copernican means of or pertaining to the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). Copernican may also refer to: Science * Copernican heliocentrism, the astronomical model developed by Copernicus * Copernican principle, in physical cosmology * Copernican period, in lunar geology Politics * Copernican federalism, a US political model * Copernican paradigm, an Australian political model Music * Symphony No. 2 (Górecki), a symphony by Henryk Górecki known as the ''Copernican'' Symphony, Op. 31 See also *Copernicus (other) Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Renaissance polymath and astronomer. Copernicus, Kopernik or Kopernikus may also refer to: Science * OAO-3 Copernicus, an orbiting astronomical observatory (X-ray and UV) launched on 21 August 1972 * Cope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kopernik (organization)
Kopernik is a non-profit organization headquartered in Indonesia that finds what works to reduce poverty in the last mile. In the US, it is a registered 501(c) organization. History Kopernik was co-founded by Toshihiro (Toshi) Nakamura and Ewa Wojkowska. Both had worked for the United Nations – Nakamura in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Sierra Leone and the US and Wojkowska in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Thailand and New York. The organization is named for the astronomer Mikołaj Kopernik Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated .... Description The organization consists of four legal entities: Kopernik Solutions, Yayasan Kopernik, PT Kopernik, and Kopernik Japan. Donations are distributed by local non-governmental organizations (NGOs). An NGO must be registered and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Index Copernicus
Index Copernicus (IC) is an online database of user-contributed information, including profiles of scientists, as well as of scientific institutions, publications and projects established in 1999 in Poland, and operated by Index Copernicus International. The database, named after Nicolaus Copernicus (who triggered the Copernican Revolution), has several assessment tools to track the impact of scientific works and publications, individual scientists, or research institutions. In addition to the productivity aspects, IC also offers the traditional abstracting and indexing of scientific publications. Origins The Index Copernicus aimed to offer an alternative to the English language dominance of publication indexing systems. The enterprise was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the name: "Electronic Publishing House of Scientific Journals system of Index Copernicus Ltd." Controversy IC's journal ranking system was criticized in 2013 by Jeffrey Beall bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DFS Kopernikus
DFS Kopernikus (meaning ''Deutscher Fernmeldesatellit Kopernikus'') was the name of three geostationary satellites of Deutsche Bundespost and later Deutsche Telekom AG. They are no longer in use. DFS Kopernicus-3 When DFS Kopernikus-3 was nearing the end of its life, SES sealed an agreement with Deutsche Telekom to use the 23.5° East position and frequencies, and in August 2001, Astra 1D was moved there."New position for ASTRA 1D" ''Advanced Television'' (21 August 2001) Retrieved on 17 April 2021 The Astra 23.5°E position was officially opened in March 2002 with the launch and positioning of Astra 3A. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław Airport
Wrocław (; , . german: Breslau, , also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. , the official population of Wrocław is 674,132 making it the third largest city in Poland. The population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over 1,000 years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany, until it became again part of Poland in 1945 as the result of territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II. Wrocław is a university city with a student population o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copernicus Peak
Mount Hamilton is a mountain in the Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California. The mountain's peak, at , overlooks the heavily urbanized Santa Clara Valley and is the site of Lick Observatory, the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory. The asteroid 452 Hamiltonia, discovered in 1899, is named after the mountain. Golden eagle nesting sites are found on the slopes of Mount Hamilton. On clear days, Mount Tamalpais, the Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay, the Monterey Peninsula, and even Yosemite National Park are visible from the summit of the mountain. History On August 26, 1861, while working for Josiah D. Whitney on the first California Geological Survey, William H. Brewer invited local San Jose preacher (and Brewer's personal friend) Laurentine Hamilton to join his company on a trek to a nearby summit. Nearing completion of their journey, Hamilton, in good humor, bounded for the summit ahead of the rest of the men and claimed his stake. In f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copernicus Foundation
The Copernicus Foundation ( pl, Fundacja Kopernikowska) is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization based in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by Poles in Chicago in 1971 in order to raise funds towards raising a monument for the famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus to be set in front of the Adler Planetarium. After the Nicolaus Copernicus Monument's dedication at the 500th anniversary of Copernicus in 1973, the Polish-American community decided to use leftover funds towards the purchase of a cultural and civic center for Chicago's Polonia. After a thorough search for the permanent site of the Polish Cultural Center in Chicago, ceremonies took place at the old Gateway Theatre building located near Milwaukee and Lawrence avenues in 1979. Because the Gateway Theatre had been the first movie theater in Chicago built exclusively for the "talkies," the Foundation decided to preserve the theater itself while remodeling around it. The "Solidarit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copernicus Festival
Copernicus Festival is a science festival held every May in Kraków, Poland. It was founded in 2014 and provides lectures, discussions, workshops, film screenings and exhibitions focusing on neuroscience, evolutionary biology, physics, Jurisprudence, law, and philosophy at various venues in the city. The event is organized by the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Copernicus Center and the Tygodnik Powszechny, Tygodnik Powszechny Foundation. The majority of events are free of charge to promote accessibility. Idea and program Copernicus Festival was created as a field of broad exchange of thoughts of representatives of various disciplines. "Science, art, humanities — each is trying to grasp and understand the phenomena that have a fundamental impact on our lives. (...) We decided to organize the festival so that important questions about the existence and limits of cognition could be raised ''together''.", Grzegorz Jankowicz, one of the festival runners has written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copernicus Cup
Copernicus Cup is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February at the multi-purpose sports and entertainment Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland. The meeting is currently an IAAF World Indoor Tour Meeting. In 2019, the competition's title sponsor was PKN Orlen. The venue also hosted the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships from 4 to 7 March 2021. World records Over the course of its history, one world record has been set at the Copernicus Cup. Meeting Records Men Women See also *Sport in Poland Poland's sports include almost all sporting disciplines, in particular: football (the most popular sport), volleyball, motorcycle speedway, ski jumping, track and field, American football, handball, basketball, tennis, and combat sport. The fi ... References External links Official website Athletics competitions in Poland Winter events in Poland World Athletics Indoor Tour {{athletics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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