Found skull of Copernicus

The skull three years ago in northern Poland was found by Nicholas Copernicus, the founder of modern astronomy. That Swedish and Polish scientists have confirmed Thursday based on DNA tests. "We certainly know that the skull in 2005 in the cathedral in Frombork was discovered, of Nicholas Copernicus," said a Polish archaeologist. The DNA tests were performed on two strands of hair and a tooth skull. These were compared with DNA material from a part of a book from 1518, which was written by the German scientist and astronomer Johannes Stöffler. Copernicus had the book for years in his possession. The skull was found in the main altar of the Roman Catholic cathedral. The Polish astronomer, mathematician, physician and lawyer Copernicus was born in 1473. He was known by the heliocentric theory that the planets rotate around the sun. Copernicus long had doubts about publication of his theory, because this against the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church took effect. At that time thought that the earth is the center of the solar system was. The preface of the publisher in the book, that it was not the reality, but it was a theory, loved the church has long been low. Work in 1616 came back on the banned book of the church to stand. Copernicus died in 1543 in Frombork. His final resting place was a mystery until now.