Copernicus

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  1. 1
    Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

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nicolaus copernicus

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"Copernicus taught that the earth moves around the sun."

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Borrowed from Latin Copernicus.

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