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Copernican (heliocentric/Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1708.
Copernican (heliocentric/Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1761. Illustration showing ecliptic and the orbit of the Earth and the planets and demonstrating the reason for the phenomenon of night and day. Prior to the work of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the Earth was considered to be the stationary centre of the universe, a notion first advocated by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy. Copernicus' pioneering work The Revolutions of Celestial Spheres, 1543, describes his idea of a Sun-centred universe, in which the Earth is merely one of the planets revolving around the Sun and rotating on its axis. From Harmonia Macrocsmica by Andreas Cellarius. (Amsterdam, 1708).
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AR918808
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Image
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Public
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4200px × 3353px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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16TH CENTURY
18th century
Andreas
ANDREAS CELLARIUS
Ann Ronan Pictures
Astrology
astronomical chart
astronomical map
Astronomy
Cellarius
color
Copernican system
COPERNICUS
Cosmology
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Dutch
EARTH
ECLIPTIC
eighteenth century
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heliocentric universe
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Nicolaus
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
Night
ORBIT
Planets
Poland
Polish
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SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Solar System
Sun
The Netherlands, Topography
time of day
Universe
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