Book V

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Book V is a section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium," contributing to his formulation of the heliocentric model.

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instanceOf book section ⓘ
part of scientific treatise ⓘ
associatedWith Copernican heliocentrism ⓘ
linked to: Copernican system
associatedWork Book I (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium) ⓘ
Book II (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium) ⓘ
Book III (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium) ⓘ
Book IV (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium) ⓘ
Book VI (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium) ⓘ
author Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
contributesTo Copernican Revolution ⓘ
development of modern astronomy ⓘ
describes computational methods for planetary positions ⓘ
epicycles and deferents in a heliocentric framework ⓘ
geometrical models of planetary orbits ⓘ
motions of planets in the heliocentric system ⓘ
discipline celestial mechanics ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
focusesOn mathematical treatment of the heliocentric hypothesis ⓘ
theory of planetary motions ⓘ
follows Book IV (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium) ⓘ
genre astronomical treatise ⓘ
scientific literature ⓘ
hasInfluenced early modern astronomical tables ⓘ
subsequent planetary theories ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish the mathematical credibility of the heliocentric model ⓘ
includedIn first printed edition of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (Nuremberg, 1543) ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainWorkAuthor Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ⓘ
placeInHistoryOfScience key component of the first full mathematical exposition of heliocentrism ⓘ
positionInWork Book 5 ⓘ
precedes Book VI (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium) ⓘ
publicationContext first edition of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ⓘ
subject heliocentric model ⓘ
mathematical astronomy ⓘ
planetary theory ⓘ
workDate 1543 ⓘ

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