# Rheticus publishes the Narratio prima in 1540 as the first printed account of Copernicus's system

Date: 1540

## The fact

In 1540 Rheticus published the Narratio prima as the first printed account of [Copernicus](/people/nicolaus-copernicus)'s system. The instrument is that authorised report, not the 1543 six books. Nicolaus Copernicus's documented role is: Rheticus wrote and printed. Copernicus authorised the visit and the report. Giese encouraged. Copernicus did not typeset Gdańsk.

## Context

Rheticus is the named author-visitor. Sharing that print with him is required. Giese is the named encourager. The setting of Rheticus publishes the Narratio prima in 1540 as the first printed account of Copernicus's system is the public file around 1540-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Rheticus publishes the Narratio prima in 1540 as the first printed account of Copernicus's system. Naming Nicolaus Copernicus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1540-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Georg Joachim Rheticus at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georg-Joachim-Rheticus (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Copernicus, Rheticus neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/ (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Britannica — Georg Joachim Rheticus (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georg-Joachim-Rheticus; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Copernicus, Rheticus neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Georg Joachim Rheticus (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georg-Joachim-Rheticus; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Improving path from Rheticus publishes the Narratio prima in 1540 as the first printed account of Copernicus's system on 1540-01-01. A first printed account of the system is an education path of high weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Rheticus publishes the Narratio prima in 1540 as the first printed account of Copernicus's system under 1540-01-01 for Nicolaus Copernicus. Established: a sourced public record of Rheticus publishes the Narratio prima in 1540 as the first printed account of Copernicus's system under 1540-01-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not make Rheticus a clerk. Narratio is 1540; De revolutionibus is 1543. Mixed effects of Rheticus publishes the Narratio prima in 1540 as the first printed account of Copernicus's system are separate paths.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## People

- Nicolaus Copernicus: https://factrail.ai/people/nicolaus-copernicus

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georg-Joachim-Rheticus
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/cp-rheticus-1540