Copernicus (disambiguation)

Copernicus may refer to the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543).

Copernicus may also refer to any of the following:

Memorials

• 1322 Coppernicus, an asteroid
• Copernicus (lunar crater), a crater on the Moon
• Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 2 (the "Copernican"), Op. 31, composed in 1972 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Copernicus' birth

Astronomical instruments

• OAO-3 Copernicus, an Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (X-ray and UV) launched on 21 August 1972

Persons and characters

• Copernicus (musician), an avant-garde musician
• A dog in the movie Back to the Future Part III owned by "Doc" Brown

Academic institutions

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
• Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station

Other use and spellings

• Kopernikus, a joint initiative of the European Commission and European Space Agency.
• Copernicia, a genus of 24 species of palms
• Copernicus (game), a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by 38 Studios
• Copernicus Foundation, a non-profit organization in Chicago
• Copernic Desktop Search, a desktop search engine
• Copernic, the company that produces Copernic Desktop Search
• Kopernik Space Center, an observatory in Vestal, New York
• DFS-Kopernikus, German TV satellites of the 1990s
• Copernicus Airport Wrocław, Airport at Wrocław, Poland
• Copernicus (yacht)

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