Copernicus (disambiguation)

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Copernicus refers to the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) or a variety of objects named after him:

Contents 1 Astronomical objects 2 Astronomical instruments 3 Persons and characters 4 Academic institutions 5 Other use and spellings

[edit] Astronomical objects

• Copernicus crater on the Moon
• Copernicus crater on Mars
• 1322 Coppernicus, an asteroid orbiting the Sun

[edit] Astronomical instruments

• OAO-3 Copernicus, an Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (X-ray and UV) launched on 21 August 1972
• COPERNICUS^{[citation needed]} space telescope (ultraviolet)
• Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium[1], Nuremberg, Germany

[edit] Persons and characters

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

[edit] Academic institutions

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
  • Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station
• Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. is a Göttingen-based society founded in 1988 by scientists and directors of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, formerly Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy, Katlenburg-Lindau
  • Copernicus Foundation copernicus-stiftung.org, founded 2002
  • Copernicus.org [2], an Open Access publisher and congress organizer

[edit] Other use and spellings

• 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 Inc., the company that produces Copernic Desktop Search
• Kopernik Space Center, an observatory in Vestal, New York
• DFS-Kopernikus, German TV satellites of the 1990s
• Kopernik Airport, Airport at Wroclaw Poland