Copernicus (disambiguation)

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

Copernicus, Kopernik or Kopernikus may also refer to:

Science

• OAO-3 Copernicus, an orbiting astronomical observatory (X-ray and UV) launched on 21 August 1972
• Copernicus Programme, a joint initiative of the European Commission and European Space Agency
• Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland
• Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, an observatory and science center in Vestal, New York
• Copernicium, element 112
• Copernicus or 55 Cancri, a binary star with a planetary system
• Copernicus Award, a Polish-German scientific award offered jointly by the Foundation for Polish Science and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Entertainment

• Copernicus (film), a 1973 Polish film
• Kopernikus, an opera (1978–79) by Canadian composer Claude Vivier
• Copernicus, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by 38 Studios
• Copernicus, a shuttlecraft in the Star Trek series
• Doctor Copernicus, a 1976 novel by John Banville
• Copernicus Publications, an academic publisher

Other uses

• Copernicus (lunar crater), a crater on the Moon
• Copernicus (Martian crater)
• Copernicus (yacht), a 1973 Polish yacht
• Copernicus Cup, an annual indoor track and field competition
• Copernicus Festival, a science festival held every May
• Copernicus Foundation, a non-profit organization in Chicago
• Copernicus Peak, the highest peak of Mount Hamilton, California
• Copernicus Airport Wrocław, Poland
• DFS Kopernikus, German TV satellites of the 1990s
• Index Copernicus, an online database of user-contributed information
• Kopernik (organization), a non-profit headquartered in Indonesia

See also

• Copernican (disambiguation)
• Copernicia, a genus of 24 species of palms
• Copernic Desktop Search, a desktop search engine
• Copernic, the company that produces Copernic Desktop Search