Heliocentrism (Copernicus)

The astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System, proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus in 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'.

Core metadata

ID: heliocentrism_copernicus
Era: Renaissance
First known date: 1543 (exact)
Region: Nuremberg and Central Europe
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

Planetary Motion (Kepler's Laws) (planetary_motion_kepler)

Fields

None.

Node sources

Copernican system (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 5
Average edge confidence: 69%
Prerequisite sources: 4
expert_inference: 5

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Early Astronomical Observation (early_astronomy_observation)	historical_predecessor	75%	expert_inference	Early Astronomical Observation is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency.	History of astronomy (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge
Mathematics (mathematics)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Mathematics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Mathematics (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge
Philosophy (philosophy)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Philosophy provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Presocratic Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2012, textbook) • Supports: edge
Printing Press (printing_press)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Printing Press provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Gutenberg Bible (Library of Congress, 2021, official_agency) • Supports: edge
Classical Historiography (Herodotus, Thucydides) (classical_historiography_herodotus_thucydides)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Classical Historiography (Herodotus, Thucydides) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	No sources recorded.

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