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Noun: Nicolaus Copernicus
  1. Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the centre (1473-1543)
    - Copernicus, Mikolaj Kopernik

Type of: astronomer, stargazer [informal], uranologist

Encyclopedia: Nicolaus Copernicus