When waves hit a surface they get reflected. The law of reflection states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. In this case, the law of reflection tells us that if the angle of incidence is 40 degrees, the angle of reflection is 40 degrees.
In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus detailed his radical theory of the Universe in which the Earth, along with the other planets, rotated around the Sun. His theory took more than a century to become widely accepted.
