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Copernican system en · PROPN

Etymology

From Copernicus (“a surname”) + -an + system. After Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who formulated and proposed the theory.

Meanings

  1. A heliocentric model of the solar system, proposed in the 16th century by the eponymous astronomer.

Relateds

Ptolemaic system

Translations (1)

fi Kopernikuksen järjestelmä (heliosentric model)