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Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was a Danish astronomer, who made accurate observations of the planets from which OKepIer proved that planets orbit the Sun in ellipses.

Short Biography:

His discovery and report of the 1572 supernova made him famous, and his observations of the comet of 1577 proved that it moved on an orbit among the planets, thus disproving the Greek view that comets were in the Earth's atmosphere.

Brahe was a colourful figure who had to wear a metal nose after his own was cut read more...

Tags: astronomer, planetary observations, telescopes

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