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Jan 1, 1514
The Sun is the Center of the Universe
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish Astronomer who believed that all planets in our solar system revolve around the sun. Up until now it was widely accepted that the earth was the center of our solar system and that all planets revolved around it. Copernicus also believed that the earth also rotated itself once daily, and that the rotation around the sun took much longer and accounted for the seasons. -
Feb 2, 1514
The Sun is the Center of the Universe CONT.
Copernicus completed a manuscript summarizing his beliefs for how the solar system truly looks and works. These writings can be summarized into a few main points. First, the planets don’t revolve around a single fixed point. -
Mar 3, 1514
The Sun is the Center of the Universe CONT.
Second, the earth is not the center of the universe, rather the sun is and the planets revolve around it. Third, the stars do not move, but rather they appear to due to the rotation of the earth. Fourth, the earth moves around the sun in a circular shape; and lastly earth’s movement is what causes the planets to appear to be moving in the opposite direction. -
Apr 4, 1514
The Sun is the Center of the Universe CONT.
Because at the time these ideas were so drastically different they received little positive attention. The Roman Catholic Church considered Copernicus’s work to be sacrilege and eventually placed the book on a list of forbidden reading. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopædia. "Nicolaus Copernicus." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 24 May 2015. Web. 04 Apr. 2017.
