Which is a correct statement about the development of the Copernicus’s model after his death?

Question

A. Copernicus was nominated for an early Nobel prize for Astronomy
B. His model was immediately accepted enthusiastically by his peers
C. His model was not accepted until many years later
D. Galileo disproved the model

Answer 1

The correct statement is:

C. His model was not accepted until many years later.

After Copernicus's death, his heliocentric model (which proposed that the Sun, rather than the Earth, was at the center of the universe) faced significant resistance and was not widely accepted until the work of later astronomers, such as Galileo and Kepler, helped to provide evidence and further develop the model.