Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer whose observations and catalog of stars laid the foundation for future astronomical advances. The last astronomer to not use a telescope, he nevertheless made accurate observations of stars, provided a new description of comets, refuted the popular, Aristotelian belief in an unchanging celestial realm. He was born December 14, 1546. The large lunar crater Tycho---the location of the alien monolith in the movie "2001"---is named for Brahe, as is a Martian crater. Brahe is also known as an influence upon his assisant, Johannes Kepler.
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