Google Animated Doodle Celebrates Copernicus' Birthday

Google may be at the center of the search universe, but today's Google Doodle celebrates a man who taught the world, "You're not at the center of the universe."

Born Feb. 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician and astronomer, best known for his heliocentric model which placed the Sun, and not the earth, at the center of our cosmos.
Copernicus' book "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) is considered to be one of the most important works in the history of science, sparking the Copernican revolution and changing our view of the universe.

Today's Google Doodle is an animated view of the Copernican model of the universe, with the Sun at its center and other planets orbiting around it.

How do you like today's Doodle? Share your thoughts in the comments.

Image courtesy of Google