[FOTZeiss] Fw: Tycho Brahe's remains exhumed

[Glenn A. Walsh]

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--- On Mon, 11/15/10, John M. McMahon <mcmahon at LEMOYNE.EDU> wrote:

> From: John M. McMahon <mcmahon at LEMOYNE.EDU>
> Subject: Brahe's remains exhumed
> To: HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu
> Date: Monday, November 15, 2010, 6:10 AM

> AP via PhysOrg 11/15/10:
> 
> "Scientists exhume Danish astronomer's remains"
> 
> "An international team of scientists was opening the tomb
> of a famous
> 16th-century Danish astronomer Monday in an effort to shed
> light on his
> sudden and mysterious death.
> 
> Tycho Brahe, who was born in 1546, has been buried in the
> Church of Our Lady
> Before Tyn near Prague's Old Town Square since his death in
> 1601."
> 
> More: 
> 
> http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-scientists-exhume-danish-astronomer.html
> 
> JMM / LMC
>