Nicolaus Copernicus

Born today February 19, 1473.
Synopsis
Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473 in Torun, Poland. Circa 1508, Copernicus developed his own celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system. Around 1514, he shared his findings in the Commentariolus. His second book on the topic, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, was banned by the Roman Catholic Church decades after his May 24, 1543 death in Frombork. COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen F. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen MAJ James Woods SPC Woody Bullard Sgt Wayne Wood PO1 William "Chip" Nagel MSG Andrew White SFC Shirley Whitfield LTC (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers SPC Margaret Higgins SP5 Mark Kuzinski Lt Col Charlie Brown Capt Daniel Goodman CSM Charles Hayden