Era · 1450 CE – 1600 CE
Renaissance Astronomy
History of Astronomy
Overview
The European Renaissance reopened astronomy to bold reform. Copernicus placed the Sun at the centre of the planetary system, and Tycho Brahe's unprecedentedly accurate measurements set the stage for a new physics of the heavens.
Astronomers
Publications
Knowledge connections
- ContainsNicolaus Copernicus
- ContainsTycho Brahe
- ContainsDe revolutionibus orbium coelestium
- ContainsThe Heliocentric Model
Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
General reference for the history of astronomy, biographies, and cultural context.