Copernican Revolution
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Belief, initiated by Copernicus, that planets orbit the sun
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- Instance of
- theory
- Subclass of
- paradigm shift
- Named after
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Main subject
- heliocentrism
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Encyclopedic overview
LocationEarly Modern Europe Leader(s)Proponents: Nicolaus Copernicus, Thomas Digges, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, John Wilkins, Pierre Gassendi, Isaac Newton
Opponents: Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, Tommaso Caccini, Pope Paul V, Cardinal Bellarmine, Pope Urban VIII, Vincenzo Maculani, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Pope Alexander VII Key events De revolutionibus orbium coelestium Gregorian calendar Astronomia nova Starry Messenger Galileo observes phases of Venus Letters on Sunspots Letter to Benedetto Castelli Galileo affair Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica De revolutionibus removed from Index of Forbidden Books
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