Copernicus also advanced the idea that the Earth was rotating on an axis from west to east, thus accounting for day and night as well as the apparent daily motion of the 
(Copernicus; advanced; the idea that the Earth was rotating on an axis from west to east) (the Earth; accounting; for day and night as well as the apparent daily motion of the)
Copernicus the Earth
advanced accounting
the idea that the Earth was rotating on an axis from west to east
for day and night as well as the apparent daily motion of the