# Canonical recap data for Copernican Revolution Begins (1543)
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slug: copernicus-heliocentrism
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1543/copernicus-heliocentrism"
title: Copernican Revolution Begins
subtitle: Copernicus published his heliocentric model, displacing Earth from the cosmic center and launching the scientific revolution.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1543-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1543
decade: 1540
country:
name: Kingdom of Poland
slug: kingdom-poland
summaryShort: Copernican Revolution is a phrase with different meanings in different contexts. In astronomy, the phrase refers to the transition from geocentrism to heliocentrism. For Christianity and Western culture, it may instead refer to the dismantling of the human-centric medieval cosmology and its cultural consequences. In ph
summaryLong: Copernican Revolution is a phrase with different meanings in different contexts. In astronomy, the phrase refers to the transition from geocentrism to heliocentrism. For Christianity and Western culture, it may instead refer to the dismantling of the human-centric medieval cosmology and its cultural consequences. In physical cosmology, the phrase may be used to refer to the emergence and formalization of the Copernican principle that humans are not privileged observers of the universe. Within the philosophy of science, the Copernican Revolution is the first historic example of a paradigm shift in science. Finally, the phrase is sometimes used by English speakers as a metaphor for any radical intellectual upheaval that fundamentally reorders or reshapes our understanding of the world.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Copernican Revolution"
importance: 89
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_Revolution"
  title: Copernican Revolution
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: Copernican Revolution is a phrase with different meanings in different contexts. In astronomy, the phrase refers to the transition from geocentrism to heliocent
wikidataQid: Q1191320
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260609191547/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_Revolution"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-09
  label: Copernican Revolution
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_Revolution"
taxonomy:
domain: scientific
eventTypes:
- discovery
canonicalClasses:
- discovery
- transformation
impactRadius: civilizational
velocity: gradual
predictability: emergent
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: multi_domain
lifecycleClass: birth
