Tycho+Brahe

=__Tycho Brahe__ = [|**http://www.nada.kth.se/~fred/tycho/index.html**] **(Max)** [|**http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/1995/lectures/tychob.html**] **(Max)**
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 * Tycho Brahe was an astronomer
 * Tycho Brahe received an island from King Fredrik (which is where he built his observatory)
 * Tycho Brahe built an observatory on an island
 * Tycho Brahe catalogued over 1000 stars
 * Tycho Brahe also proved comets were not just components of the Earths atmosphere but were actually objects traveling through space
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 * Tycho Brahe designed, built, and calibrated new instruments for night astronomy
 * Tycho Brahe trained a generation of young astronomers
 * He established that stars and comets were above the moon
 * was a brilliant astronomer and scientist of his time
 * Was a brilliat math scholar
 * He made a remarkable catalogue of over 1000 stars
 * He showed that comets are not objects in the atmosphere
 * He proved irregular orbits of the moon
 * He introduced the idea that the earth and the moon rotate around the central part of the universe, the sun
 * Helped spread his ideas to children by teaching them his findings and theories to ensure that they were never lost and or forgotten
 * Tycho was one of the first to discover new stars
 * When getting his Law Degree in Germany he got in a feud with a better mathematician than him
 * This lead to him getting a part of his nose cut off and replaced with gold and alloy
 * One of the first to use tools to find, identity and track stars and other space objects
 * He had the best conservatory in that time on an island, perfect because in the middle of the ocean which has clear skies which makes ideal for finding, identifying and tracking many stars at night
 * Questions:**
 * 1) **Where did Tycho Brahe gain his success?---**// He was an astronomer and a mathematician //
 * 2) **What did Tycho Brahe do?---** He discovered over 1000 new stars and found new asteroids and maybe even a few unfound moons
 * 3) **What did Tycho Brahe believe?---** Tycho believed that the sun was fixed in the center of the universe.
 * 4) **Why was Tycho Brahe important?---** Because they were the first to describe their ideas and express this idea no matter what other people thought of it he stood up for what he believed it
 * 5) **What was Tycho Brahe's impact on society?---** He brought new ideas that were never introduced but tested to be true also he trained a new and bright generation of young astronomers and taught them everything he knew to ensure that it was never lost or forgotten.