Brahe
Prosthetic-nosed astronomer
Brahe is a Danish surname, almost always referring to Tycho Brahe, the sixteenth-century astronomer whose precise observations of planetary motion laid groundwork for Kepler and modern astronomy.
A lunar crater bears his name.
The name is pronounced with two syllables: BRAH-hee or BRAH-uh.
Major lunar impact crater
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- MarsRed planet, war deity
- observationsNoted perceptions
- planetaryOf or relating to worlds
celestial · measurements · stargazing · Kepler · astronomy · cataloging · precision · sextant
Of the moon
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- mareFemale adult equine
- basinConcave water receptacle
- surfaceOutermost boundary layer
Apollo · topography · astronomy · naming · memorial · diameter · rim · floor
Treating our planet as center
- heliocentricSun as orbital center
- planetaryOf or relating to worlds
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- systemConnected parts forming whole
orbit · Earth · compromise · hybrid · Copernicus · Ptolemy · astronomy · universe
Exploding massive star
- novaTemporary stellar brightening event
- cometIcy orbiting body
- 1577A calendar year
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
observations · data · precision · scientific · method · empirical · measurement · influence
Tycho
Major lunar impact crater
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- MarsRed planet, war deity
- observationsNoted perceptions
planetary · celestial · measurements · stargazing · Kepler · astronomy · cataloging · precision · sextant · quadrant
lunar
Of the moon
surface · Apollo · topography · astronomy · naming · memorial · diameter · rim · floor · volcanic
geocentric
Treating our planet as center
- heliocentricSun as orbital center
- planetaryOf or relating to worlds
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
system · orbit · Earth · compromise · hybrid · Copernicus · Ptolemy · astronomy · universe · planets
supernova
Exploding massive star
Kepler · observations · data · precision · scientific · method · empirical · measurement · influence · successor
BraheCopernicus
Renaissance astronomer, heliocentrism
Galileo · Kepler · Newton · theoreticians · Ptolemy
- Tycho BraheRenaissance astronomical observer