Tycho+Brahe




BY: Megan Greaves 
 * TYCHO BRAHE **

BACKROUND INFO 1546-1601:
Tycho Brahe was born on December 14, 1546. He attended the universities of Copenhagen and Leipzig and then went on to study further at the universities of Wittenberg, Rostock, and Basel. Again at the university of Copehagen, he gave a course of lectures on astronomy. After observing and discovering the new star Cassiopeia in 1572, King Frederick II funded him a observatory on a little island near Copehagen called Uraniburg which soon became known as the finest observatory in Europe.

Tycho believed that the earth was located in the center of the universe and the moon and the sun circulated around the earth. Around the sun he thought orbited the rest of the planets. He called this the Tychonic System. He also dealt with alot of astronomical instruments by building and designing new ones along with calibrating the already made ones. He was the first to observe the Cassiopeia star. Let the irregulatrities in the moons orbit become known. Tycho made a star catologue that contained over 1000 stars. In 1577 spotted the Comet adn in 1572 spotted the Supernova. Tycho Brahe then went on to publish a book, De Nova Stella, in the year 1573 after spotting the Supernova. Tycho did a lot of studying and research and didnt have his ideas presented until after his death. But all the work he did helped Copernicus prove his heliocentric theory.
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 * IMPACT:** All of Tycho Brahe's work has given many astronmers after him field to work in and off of. Without his discoveries and research of astronomy, Copernicus might ahve never made his discovery. It has benefited for us because we have a better understanding of our universe thanks to all the observing, researching, and studying he did. Along wiht all the other astronomers hard work that has paid off in the end for a better understanding of our worl and universe.=====

For the Notebook Activity on Tycho Brahe, you are to make an acrostic poem using his name. Use the first letter to start off your sentence. Make you sentences relevant to Tycho Brahe's lifetime. Talk either about his achievements, discoveries, personal life, etc. This is how you are to set up the poem... Y C H O
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