Explanation

Nicolaus Copernicus, a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, is often referred to as the modern father of astronomy. He is renowned for his heliocentric model of the solar system, which proposed that the Sun, rather than the Earth, is at the center of the solar system, with the planets, including Earth, orbiting around it. Copernicus’s work laid the foundation for modern astronomy and revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos.