More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise. Nicolaus Copernicus longnorthrise Change image and share on social
We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. Nicolaus Copernicus boundcertaintyearth Change image and share on social
Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe. Nicolaus Copernicus ascribebookdescribe share on social
Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place. Nicolaus Copernicus clearmakeobscure Change image and share on social
First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical. Nicolaus Copernicus notesphericaluniverse Change image and share on social
So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do. Nicolaus Copernicus advisorallowbeseech Change image and share on social
Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for another way of reckoning the movements of the heavenly bodies was that I knew that mathematicians by no means agree in their investigation thereof. Nicolaus Copernicus agreebodyheavenly share on social
I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle. Nicolaus Copernicus bodycirclecircular Change image and share on social
Near the sun is the center of the universe. Nicolaus Copernicus centersununiverse Change image and share on social
Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth. Nicolaus Copernicus appeardueearth Change image and share on social
