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, the Copernican principle states that humans are not privileged observers of the universe, that observations from the Earth are representative of observations from the average position in the universe. Named for Copernican ...
, in physical cosmology
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Copernican period
The Copernican Period in the lunar geologic timescale runs from approximately 1.1 billion years ago to the present day. The base of the Copernican period is defined by impact craters that possess bright optically immature ray systems. The crate ...
, in lunar geology
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Copernican Revolution
The term "Copernican Revolution" was coined by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant in his 1781 work ''Critique of Pure Reason''. It was the paradigm shift from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens, which described the cosmos as having Earth sta ...
, the 16th- to 17th-century intellectual revolution
Politics
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Copernican federalism Copernican federalism is an analogy for federalism. It is named for Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
Analogy
Various authors and theorists have evoked Copernican heliocentrism to describe tiers of government. Here an analogy is made betw ...
, a US political model
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Copernican paradigm
The Copernican paradigm is series of models for an Australian republic that suggest only replacing the King, whilst retaining the governor-general and state governors. It is named for Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
Background
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, an Australian political model
Music
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Symphony No. 2 (Górecki)
Symphony No. 2, the "Copernican," Op. 31 ''(II Symfonia "Kopernikowska")'' () is a choral symphony composed by Henryk Górecki in 1972 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Composed in a monumental styl ...
, a symphony by Henryk Górecki known as the ''Copernican'' Symphony, Op. 31
See also
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Copernicus (disambiguation)
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