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Tyco Brahe

Tyco Brahe. By: Nicole Busa and Katie Nickerson. Born: December 14, 1546 Died: October 24, 1601 Country of Birth: Denmark. і Loca Vida!. The geocentric model of our solar system is constructed of a series of planets and the sun that orbit the Earth which is the center.

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Tyco Brahe

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  1. Tyco Brahe By: Nicole Busa and Katie Nickerson

  2. Born: December 14, 1546 Died: October 24, 1601 Country of Birth: Denmark іLoca Vida!

  3. The geocentric model of our solar system is constructed of a series of planets and the sun that orbit the Earth which is the center. Tyco believed the geocentric model was correct in that he thought that the Earth was too slow to be in constant motion orbiting the sun. This resulted in him believing the Earth was the center of our solar system. Geocentric Model

  4. The Heliocentric Model contains the sun in the middle of our solar system, and the rest of the planets orbit around it. Tyco believed that this model was correct, because he thought that the planets orbited the sun. In his case though, all of them except for the Earth. Heliocentric Model

  5. His final model (now known as Tycoism) consisted of the five planets orbiting the sun, and the sun orbiting the Earth. This model is also known as the geo-heliocentric model which was originally proposed by Heraclides not Tyco. Tyco’s Final Model

  6. He discovered the first supernova- the SN 1572. At first he thought it was a planet, but later saw that it was not moving. He concluded that it was a fixed star and described it as nova. Then later he wrote a book call the De nova stella. Supernova The Remnants of the SN-1572

  7. He made prediction charts about births, weather, and astronomical events. One of these was the comet of 1577. He also proved that comets were not in our or any other planet’s atmosphere, but actually in space itself. Comets

  8. Why important? • His discoveries about comets and supernovae were important because they proved, contrary to the beliefs at the time, that space was not “fixed” or unchanging, but that objects moved throughout it. This was a new idea.

  9. His discovery of the supernova influenced Edgar Allan Poe’s poem Al Aaraaf. The King of Denmark and Norway, King Frederick II, offered Tyco an island Hven (a small island located on the strait between Denmark and Sweden.) and funding to build an observatory for him there. He ended up taking this offer. He became the imperial astronomer when he moved to Prague in 1597 invited by the Holy Roman emperor Rudolph II. When Tyco was 20, studying at the University of Rostock in Germany, he got part of his nose cut off in a duel with another nobleman, Manderup Parsbjerg. He later got a replacement made of gold and silver. This is what influenced his curiosity in medicine and alchemy. Mind Blowing Facts

  10. AMAZING ANIMATIONS!! Solar System This is the model of our solar system that Tyco did not believe was correct.

  11. Bibliography - wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe

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