FAQ About Nicolaus Copernicus
Did Copernicus live to see his theory widely accepted?
Nicaulus Copernicus did not live to see his theory widely accepted. His heliocentric model was published in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium in 1543, shortly before his death. It took several decades, through the work and advocacy of later astronomers such as Galileo and Kepler, before the heliocentric model became broadly accepted in the scientific community.
