Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer and one of the great
geniuses of history, died on this day in 1543.
Legend says that the first
printed copy of his masterwork, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, in which he laid out his heliocentric
theory (the sun is at the center of our solar system), was placed in his
hands on the day that he died.
On May 22, 2010, Copernicus
was given a second burial; his remains had been exhumed after years of
searching for them. The tombstone bears
a representation of Copernicus' model of the solar system—a golden sun
encircled by six of the planets.
Today’s Deathless Verse:
Copernicus
found our system solar,
And caused a universal dolor.
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