What was Tycho Brahe most famous for?

Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer most famous for charting the stars more accurately than ever before, first observing comets and a supernova, and forming a theory of the cosmos, which was a compromise between the models proposed by Ptolemy and Copernicus.

Was the Tychonic system of the cosmos correct?

The Tychonic system of the cosmos proposed by Tycho Brahe was not correct since he believed the Sun orbited around the Earth (although he was correct that the other planets orbit the Sun)

What happened to Tycho Brahe's nose?

The astronomer Tycho Brahe lost his nose in a duel in Germany in his youth. He then wore an artificial nose made of metal.

Tycho Brahe Timeline

Definition

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was a Danish nobleman who made the most significant contribution to our knowledge of astronomy before the telescope arrived. He discovered a supernova, observed the elliptical interplanetary orbit of a comet, updated the accuracy of the calendar, and proposed a whole new theory of the positions of the heavenly bodies in the night sky.

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1546 - 1601
Life of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.
14 Dec 1546
The astronomer Tycho Brahe is born in Skåne (Scania).
11 Nov 1572
Tycho Brahe first observes the new star or supernova in the Cassiopeia constellation.
1573
Tycho Brahe publishes his research on the 1572 supernova in his De Nova Stella (1573).
1576
The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe builds his Uraniborg observatory on the island of Hven (Ven).
1588
The Danish astonomer Tycho Brahe publishes his Tychonic model of the comsos in his book Of More Recent Phenomena of the Ethereal World.
1597
The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is obliged to leave his observatory Uraniborg.
1598
The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe publishes his Instruments for the Restoration of Astronomy.
1599
Tycho Brahe is appointed the court mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor in Prague.
24 Oct 1601
The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe dies in Prague.