Definitions of Copernicus
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Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
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synonyms:
Mikolaj Kopernik, Nicolaus Copernicus
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astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
a physicist who studies astronomy
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astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
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a conspicuous crater on the Moon
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example of:
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lunar crater
a crater on the Earth's Moon
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lunar crater
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