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Nicolaus Copernicus
see synonyms of nicolaus copernicusNoun
1. copernicus, mikolaj kopernik, nicolaus copernicus
Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
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Nicolaus Copernicus
see synonyms of nicolaus copernicus Polish astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, contradicting the Ptolemaic system that had dominated medieval cosmology.
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