Poland Copernıcus Funeral
POLAND COPERNICUS FUNERALEPA02168501 A COFFİN CONTAİNİNG THE REMAİNS OF MİKOLAJ KOPERNİK (NİCOLAUS COPERNİCUS) PLACED İN A SPECİAL CRYPT DURİNG THE H

epa02168501 A coffin containing the remains of Mikolaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) placed in a special crypt 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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