Copernican means of or pertaining to the astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath who formulated a mathematical model, model of Celestial spheres#Renaissance, the universe that placed heliocentrism, the Sun rather than Earth at its cen ...
(1473–1543).
Copernican may also refer to:
Science
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Copernican heliocentrism
Copernican heliocentrism is the astronomical scientific modeling, model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. This model positioned the Sun at the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets orbiting arou ...
, the astronomical model developed by Copernicus
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Copernican principle, in physical cosmology
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Copernican period, in lunar geology
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Copernican Revolution, the 16th- to 17th-century intellectual revolution
Politics
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Copernican federalism, a US political model
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Copernican paradigm, an Australian political model
Music
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Symphony No. 2 (Górecki), a symphony by Henryk Górecki known as the ''Copernican'' Symphony, Op. 31
See also
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Copernicus (disambiguation)
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