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Also Known As	heliocentric theory • heliocentric system

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Nicolaus Copernicus: heliocentric system

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish astronomer

Moon, Earth, and Sun diagrammed in Aristarchus's On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon

Aristarchus of Samos

Greek astronomer

Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.

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