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    The Copernican Revolution was a paradigm shift from the geocentric model where Earth is the center of the universe to the heliocentric model where the Sun is at the center. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, developed the heliocentric model in the 16th century, placing the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the solar system. This challenged the dominant religious teachings of the time and sparked philosophical debates about humanity's place in the universe.

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    The Copernican Revolution was a paradigm shift from the geocentric model where Earth is the center of the universe to the heliocentric model where the Sun is at the center. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, developed the heliocentric model in the 16th century, placing the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the solar system. This challenged the dominant religious teachings of the time and sparked philosophical debates about humanity's place in the universe.

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    The Copernican Revolution was a paradigm shift from the geocentric model where Earth is the center of the universe to the heliocentric model where the Sun is at the center. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, developed the heliocentric model in the 16th century, placing the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the solar system. This challenged the dominant religious teachings of the time and sparked philosophical debates about humanity's place in the universe.

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    Copernican Revolution

    It is a paradigm shift of worldwide view from a


    belief that the Earth is the center of the Solar
    System to the prominent idea of Sun as the
    center.
    Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
    Copernicus is a Polish Mathematician,
    Physician, and Astronomer. He demonstrated with
    great precision that all the problems in the
    Geocentric Model instantly vanish if the Sun is
    placed at the center of the Solar System.

    He realized that the Earth is rotating on its own axis, and it affects the vision
    of the people from the surface viewing the space. This simple yet revolutionary idea
    sparked Heliocentrism.

    In his Heliocentric Model, he explained that planets that are closer to the Sun
    move or orbit faster, vice versa. It also explicated that the retrograde motion is just
    the result of Earth overtaking Mars at a particular time with a different velocity.

    Pursuing the idea of Heliocentrism was a struggle for Copernicus because


    Geocentrism was accepted largely by the mass and it was intertwined with the teachings of the church. Any defiance
    over this subject would mean great punishment or even execution.

    The Copernican Revolution or this transition from Geocentrism to Heliocentrism created a tremendous impact
    in human culture. The notion that the Earth goes around the Sun, rather than the other way around, is a fairly innocent
    claim to a scientist that “Heliocentric model fits the data much better than the Geocentric one”.

    What really bombarded the society is the Philosophical ramification of this shift. If the Earth goes around the
    Sun, then the Earth is not the center of the Universe. Giordano Bruno, a known Astronomer at that time, reasoned that
    if the Earth is not the center of the Solar system, and all the countless stars are just like our Sun, possibly with their
    own planets and living creatures, then Mankind is no longer the pinnacle of creation. This way of thinking was
    perceived to be a threat to the Church and its supremacy; as a result, Bruno was punished for heresy and burned to
    death.

    Influences of Heliocentrism

    Tycho Brahe Galileo Galilei


    He formulated his own model of the “Father of Modern Observational Astronomy”
    system, the Geoheliocentric Model. Adapted He was first to use telescope and observe the
    the idea of Heliocentric model but also space. He supported the Heliocentric Theory by proving
    reasserted the Geocentric. that not all the heavenly bodies revolve around the Earth
    through discovering that there are moons, the IO,
    Ganymede, Calisto, and Europa, orbiting the Jupiter, not
    the Earth. This invalidates Geocentric Theory that all the
    extraterrestrial objects revolve only around Earth.

    Johannes Kepler
    He was able to use Brahe’s observations to make
    breakthroughs such as the 3 Laws of Planetary Motions.
    He discarded the assumption that planets moved in a
    uniform circular motion, replacing it with elliptical
    motion.
    “Ellipitical Orbits”

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