Copernicus proved that the planets went around the sun and described the movement of the planets in some detail. It took a smarty like Kepler to realise that they moved in an elipse, not a circle though.
Photo taken at 10:52 PM on 08 Sep 2002
with a SONY CYBERSHOT
Settings: Flash was On.
Light Source=Unidentified.
Maximum Aperture=3.00.
Metering Mode=Multi-Segment.
Exposure Program=Unidentified.
Exposure Bias=0.00.
Exposure Time=1/3s.
F number=2.800.
Focal Length=8.00mm.
ISO=100.