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(Q) Death anniversity of Nicolaus Copernicus was ____ ?
A) 24 May 1543
B) 24 May 1542
C) 24 May 1540
D) 24 May 1538
Explanation : Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
B) 24 May 1542
C) 24 May 1540
D) 24 May 1538
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A) 24 May 1543Explanation : Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
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24 May, Nicolaus Copernicus(Q) Which chemical element is named after Nicolaus Copernicus ?
A) Nickel
B) Copper
C) Copernicium
D) Platinum
Explanation : The newest and heaviest addition to the periodic table – element 112 – … is to be called Copernicium (Cp) in honour of Nicolaus Copernicus, who discovered that the Earth orbits the Sun, and died in 1543.
B) Copper
C) Copernicium
D) Platinum
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C) CoperniciumExplanation : The newest and heaviest addition to the periodic table – element 112 – … is to be called Copernicium (Cp) in honour of Nicolaus Copernicus, who discovered that the Earth orbits the Sun, and died in 1543.
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Nicolaus Copernicus(Q) What was the name of Nicolaus Copernicus famous book ?
A) Astronomia nova
B) On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres
C) Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies
D) None of the above
Explanation : De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (English translation: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543) of the Polish Renaissance. The book, first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire, offered an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's geocentric system, which had been widely accepted since ancient times.
B) On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres
C) Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies
D) None of the above
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B) On the Revolutions of the Celestial SpheresExplanation : De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (English translation: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543) of the Polish Renaissance. The book, first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire, offered an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's geocentric system, which had been widely accepted since ancient times.
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Nicolaus Copernicus(Q) Nicolaus Copernicus (Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer) was born on ____ ?
A) 19 February 1475
B) 19 March 1473
C) 19 February 1473
D) 19 March 1475
Explanation : Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
B) 19 March 1473
C) 19 February 1473
D) 19 March 1475
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C) 19 February 1473Explanation : Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
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