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Nicolaus Copernicus Crossword

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