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Copernicus' heliocentric model from 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'

Nicholaus Copernicus, Erasmus Reinhold, Georg Joachim Rhäticus, Andreas Osiander, and Heinrich Petri1566

University of Sydney Library

University of Sydney Library
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Copernicus' work 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium' (translated as 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres') was first printed in 1543.

Copernicus' astronomical model (pictured) was the first to place the Sun at the center of the solar system, with the planets orbiting it. This model is now referred to as "Copernican heliocentrism"

While this is now common belief, at the time it was believed that Earth was at the center of the universe, and that the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars all orbiting around it.

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  • Title: Copernicus' heliocentric model from 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'
  • Creator: Nicholaus Copernicus, Erasmus Reinhold, Georg Joachim Rhäticus, Andreas Osiander, Heinrich Petri
  • Creator Birth Place: Poland
  • Date Created: 1566
  • Location Created: Basel, Switzerland
  • Physical Dimensions: 28 cm
  • Original Language: Latin
  • Provenance: Purchased from Owen Gingerich, using the W.H & Elizabeth Deane bequest
  • Subject Keywords: Astronomy, Solar system
  • Type: Printed book
  • Publisher: Heinrich Petri
  • Original Source: University of Sydney Library : Deane RB 8266.1
University of Sydney Library

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