How did Copernicus relate the Sun and Earth?

Copernicus related the Earth revolving around the Sun and set the Sun near the center of the universe. The theory is called Copernican heliocentrism. read more

Copernicus related the Earth revolving around the Sun and set the Sun near the center of the universe. The theory is called Copernican heliocentrism. Nicolaus Copernicus’s theory was based on older so far not accepted heliocentric theories and was succeeded by modern astronomy and Scientific Revolution. read more

Nicolaus Copernicus (/ k oʊ ˈ p ɜːr n ɪ k ə s, k ə-/; Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik; German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; Niklas Koppernigk; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe, likely independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier. read more