Editing Cosmos (section)

=== Copernican theory ===
Astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus was appointed by the Catholic Church as an official, as his uncle was a bishop in the church. He used his income to further his studies, eventually studying at the  [[University of Bologna]] in Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nicolaus Copernicus|url=https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/copernicus.html|access-date=2020-08-31|website=starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916022849/https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/copernicus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Copernicus began doubting the knowledge of natural philosophers and their beliefs, claiming that geometrical astronomy instead would result in the true reality of the cosmos. His manuscript, ''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium|De revolutionibus]],'' pioneered ideas that would change the course of how both the cosmos and astrology were viewed. Most notably, Copernicus claimed that the Sun was the stationary center of the universe. His work also included calculations on the motions of the Moon, and the motions in latitude and longitude of the planets, all which orbit the Sun.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Henry|first= John|title=Moving heaven and earth : Copernicus and the solar system|year=2017|publisher= Icon Books|isbn=978-1785782701|oclc=1007075382}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dreyer|first= J.L.E.|title=History of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler|date=1906|oclc=462657864}}</ref> Copernicus' work was not immediately published as it disagreed with Biblical teachings, and he feared his work would be rejected by Catholic officials.<ref>{{Citation|last=Rabin|first=Sheila|title=Nicolaus Copernicus|date=2019|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2019/entries/copernicus/|encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Fall 2019|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|access-date=2020-08-31|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017213429/https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2019/entries/copernicus/|url-status=live}}</ref>