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Brahe

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Brahe  (brä, bräh, brä), Tycho 1546-1601.
Danish astronomer whose accurate astronomical observations formed the basis for Johannes Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
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Noun1.Brahe - Danish astronomer whose observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1546-1601)
Tycho Brahe


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, down to that of Copernicus in the fifteenth and Tycho Brahe in the sixteenth century A.
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This Copernicus forms the most important of the radiating system, situated in the southern hemisphere, according to Tycho Brahe.
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* A star was discovered by Tycho Brahe which appeared suddenly in the heavens - attained, in a few days, a brilliancy surpassing that of Jupiter - then as suddenly disappeared, and has never been seen since.
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