HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Copernicus is known for the
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Heliocentric theory
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Theory of evolution
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Geocentric theory
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Theory of relativity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer who proposed a heliocentric system, that the planets orbit around the Sun; that Earth is a planet which, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis; and that very slow changes in the direction of this axis account for the precession of the equinoxes.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus detailed his radical theory of the Universe in which the Earth, along with the other planets, rotated around the Sun. His theory took more than a century to become widely accepted.
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