Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus(1473-1543)

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  • Period: 1473 to 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus Birth/Death

  • De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
    May 1, 1514

    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

    Nicolaus Copernicus' Manuscript for the Heliocentric and Star Parallax Theories.
  • Copernicss Defends His Manuscript
    1543

    Copernicss Defends His Manuscript

    Copernicus publicly defends that earth is a planet and the sun a body resting in a finite universe.
  • Copernicus' Corrected Planetary Arrangement
    1566

    Copernicus' Corrected Planetary Arrangement

    Paul Wittich acknowledges Copernicus' symmetria argument but not decisive, he make corrections to ellaborate on the actual science
  • Paul Wittich releases Sketch based on Copernican Manuscript
    1566

    Paul Wittich releases Sketch based on Copernican Manuscript

    Paul Wittich created a sketch that elaborated on the planetary system and WIttich entails,“a more exact reckoning of Copernicus,” mean sidereal periods revolution increase continuously from the Sun to Saturn. In a second tabulation, he showed that the mean daily motions decrease continuously from the Sun." (Westman, 405)
  • Galileo's First Recording of Jupiter Moons

    Galileo's First Recording of Jupiter Moons

    Heliocentric Model credited due to more accurate research by Galileo Jupiter Moons Study. First recording the Ann Arbor Manuscript."