Brahe

American  

[brah, brah-hee, brah-e] / brɑ, ˈbrɑ hi, ˈbrɑ ɛ /

noun

1. Tycho 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.

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Brahe British  

/ ˈbraːə, ˈbrɑːhɪ /

noun

1. Tycho (ˈtyːço). 1546–1601, Danish astronomer, who designed and constructed instruments that he used to plot accurately the positions of the planets, sun, moon, and stars

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Brahe Scientific  

/ brä,brä′hē /

1. Danish astronomer who made the most accurate and extensive observations of the planets and stars before the telescope was invented. Brahe determined the position of 777 stars, demonstrated that comets follow regular paths, and observed the supernova of 1572, which became known as Tycho's star. Although Brahe did not accept the Copernican heliocentric model of the solar system, his careful observations allowed Johannes Kepler to prove that Copernicus was essentially correct.

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In 1572 a Danish astronomer named Tycho Brahe noticed a new star in the constellation Cassiopeia.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2020

Measurements taken by Brahe were accurate enough to challenge fundamental astronomical conceptions and misconceptions and help pave the way for Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity and the laws of motion, Donahue says.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2019

Four towering sixteenth-century scientists — Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei — discovered heliocentrism at a time of sociopolitical tumult.

From Nature ● Dec. 9, 2019

Kepler was a slight man with poor eyesight, and many of his conclusions were based on the observations of his predecessor, the brilliant Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018

Thomas also studied the heavens himself, and made observations of a supernova seen in 1572, some of which were used by Tycho Brahe in his analysis of that event.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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