Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus honoured on postage stamp

This year marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of the great Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, the man who changed our perception of how the solar system works.

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Renaissance polymath who came up with the then-revolutionary theory that placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the centre of the universe. He is often described as the man who "stopped the Sun and moved the Earth."

Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz

In celebration of this remarkable scientist, institutions such as the Polish postal service are coming up with creative ideas on how to honor him.

Astronomer who "stopped the Sun and moved the Earth" was born February 19, 1473 in Toruń.

Mikołaj #Kopernik remains one of the world’s best-known scientists.

He proposed the planets move around the ☀️, challenging the idea that the 🌍 is the centre of the universe. pic.twitter.com/MNy0DvZZiZ

— Poland.pl (@Poland) February 19, 2023

Could a postage stamp be one of the ways to pay tribute?

👉Wraz z #PosteVaticane upamiętniliśmy 5⃣5⃣0⃣. rocznicę urodzin Mikołaja Kopernika.
Dziś z tej okazji, wspólna emisja filatelistyczna z portretem wybitnego rodaka została zaprezentowana w Nuncjaturze Apostolskiej w Warszawie.
▶️https://t.co/K3T2QcDgKC pic.twitter.com/1DbqYDPy4u

— PocztaPolska (@PocztaPolska) February 27, 2023

Ada Janiszewska has the answer.

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