Copernicus:  1473 –1543
•Proposed heliocentric model
•Circular orbits and uniform motion •Less accurate for predicting positions but more “physically realistic” •Simple explanation for retrograde motion
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•De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium published in 1543
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•In some ways model was “one step back” to enable a later “two steps forward”
From our text:  Horizons, by Seeds