Poland Copernıcus Funeral

POLAND COPERNICUS FUNERALEPA02168499 A COFFİN CONTAİNİNG THE  REMAİNS OF MİKOLAJ KOPERNİK (NİCOLAUS COPERNİCUS) DURİNG THE HOLY MASS AND SECOND FUNERA

Poland Copernıcus Funeral

epa02168499 A coffin containing the  remains of Mikolaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) during the holy masssecond funeral of Polish astronomer in Frombork on the occasion of the astronomer's 537th birth anniversary, 22 May 2010. Remains of Mikolaj Kopernik were found in the year 2005 in Frombork. It took couple of years to recoveridentify the remains. Copernicus was the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.  EPA/ADAM WARZAWA POLAND OUT

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