Tycho BraheA Danish Astronomer known for his accurate recordings on movement of the planets, moons, and stars
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- Brahe impacted astronomy from his observations on the planets and their moons at all points in their orbit, which future scholars discovered were elliptical.
- Very recognized due to his accurate observations, which were made possible by frequent checks on his instruments to make sure they were working at his standard.
- Accounted for atmospheric refraction, which states that light entering an atmosphere is distorted which caused the viewer to see the source of light originating from a different location
- His theory of the world put the earth in the center of the universe, the sun and moon orbit the earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn orbit the sun
- Displayed his own beliefs that both coincided and negated the Copernicus theory and Aristotelian physics
- his Tychonic world system put the earth in the center of the universe, the sun and moon orbiting the earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn orbiting the sun
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"Tycho Brahe." The Galileo Project. Ed. Al Van Helden. Rice University, 1995. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. <http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/brahe.html>.