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- noun astronomy A
heliocentric model of thesolar system , proposed in the 16th Century by theeponymous astronomer.
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- noun (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun
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From Copernicus ("a surname") + -an + system. After Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who formulated and proposed the theory.
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