Nicolaus Copernicus (feb 19, 1473 – may 24, 1543)
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"Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets have the Sun as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred; that Earth is a planet which, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis; and that very slow long-term changes in the direction of this axis account for the precession of the equinoxes."-Britannica
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Date:
feb 19, 1473
may 24, 1543
~ 70 years