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Nicolaus Copernicus Crossword

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Where most of his observations and studies were done. Think of the word observations, the answer may be a similar word!
The city in Poland that the University of Nicolaus Copernicus is located in.
The Teutonic Knights laid siege on the city of ____ in 1521. Thanks to Copernicus’s cunning, the Knights attack was “successfully repulsed under the direction of Copernicus” (Anirudh).
Copernicus helped kick start this revolution.
This planet has a crater that is named after Copernicus.
Helped create a new ____ for the catholic church.
Coperncius created and “popularized the ____ theory that all planets revolve around the Sun” (Raga).
His compiled notes that later became his published book the De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. The English name of the notes.
After his father and mother died, Copernicus's uncle took him in at this age.
Of the many people that Copernicus influenced, Johannes ____ and Galileo Galilei are the best known.
Copernicus was inducted into the ____ in 1995. The answer is an acronym.
Copernicus studied at some of the best universities in ____. To get there “he had to travel two months by foot and horseback”(Khan Academy).
Copernicus excelled in many different fields. Consequently, he is known as a ____.
The chemical element named after him.
Copernicus never married, his relationship status.
At the time of Copernicus, the ____ wasn’t invented yet. So all of his observations about space were with the naked eye!
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The time period that Copernicus lived in.
In 1543, Copernicus published his book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Marking the “beginning of the shift away from a ____ view of the universe” (Nicolaus Copernicus).
Copernicus read his published book for the first time on his ____.
Copernicus also created the theory that the Earth rotates daily on its ____.
Worked as this for his uncle for seven years.
Formulated this theory/equation. The answer is an acronym.
What he is most famous for being.
Many denied Copernicus's theories. Likewise, this church “wasn't the only Christian faith to reject Copernicus' idea” (Redd).
How Copernicus died.
Copernicus was the “first to combine physics, astronomy, and ____ into a fact-based model of the universe” (International Space Hall of Fame).
Copernicus also had the theory that the Earth ____ annually around the sun.
There are many statues and ____ of Copernicus around the world, all remembering and celebrating his life and discoveries.
Copernicus moved to Frauenberg in 1512 “ where he had long held a position as a ____" (BBC). Not the war kind though!
Copernicus studied law and medicine at this university.