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Copernicus
Co·per·ni·cus C0628000 (kō-pûr′nə-kəs, kə-), Nicolaus 1473-1543. Polish astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, contradicting the Ptolemaic system that had dominated medieval cosmology.Copernicus (kəˈpɜːnɪkəs) n (Biography) Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikolaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543 Coˈpernican adj
Copernicus (kəˈpɜːnɪkəs) n (Astronomy) a conspicuous crater on the moon, over 4000 metres deep and 90 kilometres in diameter, from which a system of rays emanatesCo•per•ni•cus (koʊˈpɜr nɪ kəs, kə-)
n. Nicolaus (Mikołaj Kopernik), 1473–1543, Polish astronomer who promulgated the theory that the earth and the other planets move around the sun (the Coper′nican Sys`tem). Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Copernicus - Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)Mikolaj Kopernik, Nicolaus Copernicus | | 2. | Copernicus - a conspicuous crater on the Moon |
TranslationsCopernicus
Copernicus Nicolaus . Polish name Mikolaj Kopernik. 1473--1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543 Copernicus (kŏ-per -nă-kŭs) 1. A young lunar crater to the south of Mare Imbrium that is 90 km in diameter and has an extensive system of rays and secondary craters. Possible ray material was collected by the crew of Apollo 12 and dated at 850 million years; this provides a calibration point for the Copernican System. 2. NASA's Orbiting Astronomical Satellite OAO-3, launched in Aug. 1972 and operated until Dec. 1980. It carried a 0.9-meter telescope and a grating spectrometer used primarily for measurements of ultraviolet radiation, but also carried X-ray equipment. See ultraviolet astronomy; X-ray satellites.Copernicus
Synonyms for Copernicusnoun Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)Synonyms- Mikolaj Kopernik
- Nicolaus Copernicus
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