Which 1627 tables by Kepler improved planetary predictions using Tycho's data?
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Rudolphine Tables
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Which 1627 tables by Kepler improved planetary predictions using Tycho's data?
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Rudolphine Tables
Which 1596 Kepler book was an early published defense of Copernican astronomy?
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Mysterium Cosmographicum
Which cardinal urged Copernicus in 1536 to publish his heliocentric theory?
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Nikolaus von Schönberg
At which Italian university did Copernicus study medicine after Bologna?
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University of Padua
Which university awarded Copernicus a doctorate in canon law in 1503?
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University of Ferrara
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Which 1596 Kepler book was an early published defense of Copernican astronomy?
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Mysterium Cosmographicum
Which cardinal urged Copernicus in 1536 to publish his heliocentric theory?
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Nikolaus von Schönberg
At which Italian university did Copernicus study medicine after Bologna?
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University of Padua
Which university awarded Copernicus a doctorate in canon law in 1503?
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University of Ferrara
What classification did the IAU give Pluto in 2006?
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Dwarf planet
In what year did Nicolaus Copernicus die?
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1543
Which named principle says Earth is not in a specially favored central position?
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Copernican principle