GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and mathematician known as the father of modern astronomy. He was the first European scientist to propose that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, the heliocentric theory of the solar system.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was the combination of discoveries by Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Sir Isaac Newton that finally proved that Copernicus’ heliocentric theory was correct.