Book VI

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Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.

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instanceOf book section
aimsTo enable astronomers to compute planetary positions using heliocentrism
show the adequacy of the heliocentric model for predictive astronomy
author Nicolaus Copernicus
contains mathematical derivations
tables of planetary motion
worked numerical examples
field astronomy
mathematical astronomy
focusesOn application of the heliocentric system
construction of astronomical tables based on heliocentrism
numerical methods for predicting planetary motion
practical computation of planetary positions
refinement of planetary models introduced in earlier books
historicalPeriod Renaissance
influenced early modern astronomical practice
later planetary tables by early modern astronomers
influencedBy Ptolemaic astronomical tradition
medieval mathematical astronomy
language Latin
mainTopic astronomical tables
computational procedures in astronomy
heliocentric model
planetary latitudes
planetary longitudes
planetary positions
planetary theory
partOf De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
positionInWork final book
sixth book
publicationYear 1543
publishedIn Nuremberg
relatedTo De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
surface form: Book V (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium)
significance demonstrates practical astronomical use of the heliocentric system
provides computational foundation for Copernicus’s heliocentric theory
usesModel Sun-centered cosmos
circular planetary orbits
epicycles and deferents
uniform circular motion
workType scholarly treatise section

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