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Copernican system
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English
Etymology
From en Copernicus a surname en an + en system. After Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who formulated and proposed the theory.
Proper noun
en astronomy A heliocentric model of the solar system, proposed in the 16th century by the eponymous astronomer.
Translations
heliosentric model
Finnish: fi Kopernikuksen järjestelmä
Polish: pl model Kopernikowski m-in
See also
en Ptolemaic system
en Copernican Revolution
en eponyms
en Flat earth