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Period: 1473 to 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus Birth/Death
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May 1, 1514
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
Nicolaus Copernicus' Manuscript for the Heliocentric and Star Parallax Theories. -
1543
Copernicss Defends His Manuscript
Copernicus publicly defends that earth is a planet and the sun a body resting in a finite universe. -
1566
Copernicus' Corrected Planetary Arrangement
Paul Wittich acknowledges Copernicus' symmetria argument but not decisive, he make corrections to ellaborate on the actual science -
1566
Paul Wittich releases Sketch based on Copernican Manuscript
Paul Wittich created a sketch that elaborated on the planetary system and WIttich entails,“a more exact reckoning of Copernicus,” mean sidereal periods revolution increase continuously from the Sun to Saturn. In a second tabulation, he showed that the mean daily motions decrease continuously from the Sun." (Westman, 405) -
Galileo's First Recording of Jupiter Moons
Heliocentric Model credited due to more accurate research by Galileo Jupiter Moons Study. First recording the Ann Arbor Manuscript."