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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Nicolaus
Copernicus
Introduction
• Nicolaus Copernicus was born on the 19 of Febuary 1473, in the city of Torun.
• Nicolaus had three siblings
• He studied Astronomy and Mathematics in Cracow
• In 1496 he went to Italy where he studied Greek and Philosophy in Bologna, Medicine at Padua, and church law at Ferrera.
• Nicolaus died on the 24th of May 1543 (aged 70) and was buried in Frauenburg Poland.
Contributions to Science
• He created the armillary sphere.
• He also came up with the Heliocentric model.
The Armillary Sphere• The armillary sphere looks like a
sphere circled by a ring and set upon a base
• Armillary spheres were made with different numbers of circles arranged at different angles. These rings would then be adjusted in order to trace the path of the stars
• The armillary sphere was widely used for navigating at sea
• This invention helped him represent the universe with the planets’ globes
• He had created many armillary spheres in his studies to help him visualise what he was trying to prove
The Armillary Sphere
The Heliocentric Model• The heliocentric model is a theory that places the sun as the centre
of the universe , and the planets orbiting around it• The heliocentric model replaced geocentrism ,which is the belief that
the earth is the centre of the universe
• The heliocentric model began to gain popularity because technology progressed enough to gain evidence in its favour
• If Nicolaus didn’t come up with the Heliocentric model we wouldn’t know what time it is , what year and what month
The Heliocentric Model
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
• This was the title of Copernicus’ book which means “On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres”
• It contained six sections explaining his theory that everything rotates around the sun
• The first book sets out Copernicus' heliocentric theory as the basis for his cosmology and ongoing calculations;
• the second book uses trigonometry to solve various motions of bodies in the sky;
• book three looks at the motion of the Earth;• book four explains the motion of the Moon; • Books five and six throw light on the motions of the planets
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
Crater Copernicus• Copernicus Crater formed on our
Moon less than a billion years ago when an impactor, several kilometers across, struck the surface.
• The impact created a circular crater nearly 100 kilometers across and blew material out in prominent rays.
• The Apollo 12 astronauts collected samples from one of the rays. These samples provide evidence of the timing of the impact.