... Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543 . ... Galileo was an outspoken supporter of Copernicus 's heliocentric theory. ... They comprise a quantitative formulation of Copernicus 's theory that the planets ...
... Courtesy NASA) . Limb of Copernicus Impact Crater . ... This image of Copernicus was acquired on the Lunar Orbiter 5 Mission. ... Copernicus is 93 kilometers wide and is located within the Mare Imbrium Basin ...
... Thesaurus :Terra-Luna, Sistema Solare -------------------------------------------------------- Diapositiva N: 13 -Titolo/soggetto :Immagine del cratere lunare Copernicus (diametro 102 km), osservato vicino all'orizzonte, in primo piano e' visibile il ...
... Although the area is covered by materials derived from post-Imbrium events- such as ejecta from the large, young crater Copernicus some 500 kilometers to the north and, as well, materials dug out of the immediately surrounding mare by countless other ...
... be able to collect rocks and soil samples from another of the great lunar plains and, most interestingly to the geologists, from a place covered with ejecta from the young, prominent crater Copernicus which lies some three hundred kilometers to the north ...