Tycho+Brahe-+B

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= //Birth and Death:// = ~ Born On: December 14th, 1546 in Knudstrup, Denmark ~ Died On: October 24th, 1601 in Prague, Bohemia



//Family://
~ Given the name Tyge Brahe at birth ~ At age 15 Tycho's first name was changed to the Latin version: Tycho ~ Otte Brahe, Tycho's father was an important man, in the Danish king's closet of supporters. ~ Beate Bille, Tycho's mother was also from an important family which produced churchmen and politicians. ~ Tycho was a twin but his twin died shortly after birth. ~ Tycho also had an older sister, but Tycho was his parents eldest son.



//Early Life://
~ When Tycho was two years old his uncle Jorgen Brahe took away Tycho from his family ~ Tycho's family took no action in trying to take Tycho back ~ When living with his uncle Tycho lived in Tostrup Castle until he was six years old ~ Then in 1552 Tycho's uncle took control of Vordingborg Castle which he lived in until college ~ In 1559 Tycho began studies at the University of Copenhagen ~ Tycho started out mainly studying law and other subjects ~ Later on Tycho became interested in Astronomy



//College Life://
~ In 1562 Tycho transferred to the University of Leipzig ~ Tycho went to the University not studying Astronomy ~ Made first astronomy observation in a small notebook in 1563 ~ Second observation was on Jupiter and Saturn which helped Tycho create his theory ~ Tycho began studying astronomy with Bartholomew Schultz ~ Tycho came home from college in 1565 ~ Tycho's Uncle gave his life drowning to save the Danish king the following month after Tycho returned home ~ Tycho went back to original family after his uncle drowned ~ In 1566 Tycho went off to Rostock college ~ When at Rostock Tycho got in a argument with another student which resulted in part of Tycho's nose to be cut off ~ In April 1567 he was fitted with a silver and gold artificial nose



//Adult Life://
~ Tycho finished college in 1570 when he received word that his father was ill ~ His father died in May 1571 ~ With help of his other uncle Steven Bille he began to build a observatory soon after his father's death ~ 1572 he met Kirsten Jorgensdatter a girl from his home town ~ They were not legally allowed to marry from some law but they lived together ~ Also in 1572 Tycho saw an extra star in the constellation Cassiopeia ~ Tycho published this observation in 1574 - The new star is now referred to Tycho's Supernova



//Theory://
~ Tycho Favored in Earth Centered Universe; Different from Ptolemaic Theory. ~ Even though Brahe's observation was wrong; He collected very valuable data that helped future astronomers. ~ After death, Brahe's assistant Johannes Kepler continued his work. ~ Even though Kepler didn't agree with Brahe's theory, Kepler realized how valuable Brahe's data was.



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