Tycho+Brahe

 =** Tycho Brahe's theory** was that **the Sun** and the **Ear**th's moon revolved aroun **d the Earth,** and **that everything else revolved around the Sun.**     = = = = = = = =Childhood -=
 * ===Tycho Brahe was born December 14 1546===
 * ===Tycho Brahe was one of two twin boys. His twin died shortly after Tycho was born.===
 * ===Before Tycho was born his dad told his uncle that if Tycho was a boy then the uncle could have Tycho. But later, Tycho's father changed his mind.===
 * ===After Tycho's parents had a second son Tycho's uncle kidnapped him.===
 * ===Some people say that the parents didn't try to get Tycho back, but some people think otherwise.===
 * Astronomer -**
 * ===There was a partial eclipse of the sun this had been predicted and took place on schedule.===
 * ===Tycho thought that this was 'something divine that men should know the motions of the stars so accurately that they were able a long time beforehand to predict their places and relative positions.'===
 * ===He saw the partial eclipse at University of Copenhagen, that is how he became interested in astronomy.===
 * ===Tycho began to make his own observations after he became interested in astronomy.===
 * ===Then he went to the University of Leipzig in Febuary, 1562.===
 * ===Even though astronomy was not part of his studies, he brought his astronomy books with him and got high quality instruments.===
 * ===Then, in 1565, he went home.===
 * ===In 1572 Tycho sees a supernova in the sky and records the finding of the 'new star'.===
 * ===Because of his findings he is now known as a respected astronomy.===

=Accomplishments-=


 * It was 1584 when Tycho was most productive in producing instruments to help him with his astronomy observations.
 * Tycho Brahe was built an observitory on the island of Hven where he built large astronomical instruments and took many careful measurements.
 * In 1597 after disagreements with the new king he was invited to Prague by the Holy Roman emperor Rudolph II and the Bohemian king
 * There he became the official imperial astronomer.
 * He built the new observatory at Benátky nad Jizerou.
 * 1600-1601 he was assisted by Johannes Kepler
 * Kepler did not agree with Tycho's theories but he would later use Tycho's careful observations to create his own theories.

Death, After Death-
 * Tycho died in 1601
 * Back then he was diagnosed with having a problem with his bladder, and they said that was the cause of his death.
 * More recently some people discovered it is a very real possibility that he died of mercury poisoning.
 * Johannes Kepler used Tycho's observations to make his own theroies.

Fun Facts-
 * Tycho had a nose made of silver and gold because he got in a fight at school with another danish student.
 * He had a pet moose.
 * He found a supernova 36 years before the telescope was invented.
 * His Danish name is "Tyge Ottesen Brahe" is pronounced in Modern Standard Danish as [ˈtˢyːə ˈʌd̥əsn̩ ˈb̥ʁɑː]
 * He adopted the Latinized name "Tycho Brahe" at around age fifteen, and he is now generally referred to as "Tycho"



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