Copernicus (disambiguation)

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

Copernicus, Kopernik or Kopernikus may also refer to any of the following:

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, USA
• Copernicium, element 112
• Copernicus (star) or 55 Cancri, a star

Literature

• Doctor Copernicus, a 1976 novel by John Banville
• Copernicus Publications, an academic publisher

Places

• Copernicus Peak, the highest peak of Mount Hamilton (California)
• Copernicus (lunar crater), a crater on the Moon
• Copernicus (Martian crater)

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

Other uses

• Copernicus Foundation, a non-profit organization in Chicago
• Kopernik (organization), a non-profit headquartered in Indonesia
• DFS-Kopernikus, German TV satellites of the 1990s
• Copernicus Airport Wrocław, Poland
• Copernicus (yacht)
• Kopernik (company), established in 1751 in Toruń, one of the oldest sweets manufacturers in Europe still in operation
• Index Copernicus
• Kopernik, Il-62 type plane which crashed on March 14 1980 near Warsaw Chopin Airport.

See also

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