you may know him for his namesake

craters or webcomic characters

Tycho Brahe he was the Danish astronomer

known for his incredible astronomical

observations. but in his day he was

equally famous for his soap opera-like

life during his life. brahe made the

most precise planetary observations in

existence over an order of magnitude

better than previous measurements as

this was before the invention of the

telescope. he made all his measurements

with the naked eye using an enormous

instrument called the mural quadrant.

which measured the angle of a star from

the meridian along with this ID real

time of observation. but at 20 brah he

became known for a mother bizarre feat a

duel with a fellow nobleman in which he

lost his nose. he would spend the rest of

his life were in replacement noses of

copper silver or gold attached with

paste. but having a nose of gold didn't

stop him from achieving success in 1572

he observed a distant supernova which

prompted him to rethink the current view

of an unchanging universe and write the

critical book

- Stella Nova the new star this won him

the favor of the King of Denmark who

naturally gave him an island on which to

build a castle and a humongous

observatory Tycho struggled to form his

data into a cohesive model of the

universe

ultimately dying unsuccessful in 1601

but the drama doesn't stop there his

cause of death following a large banquet

was first believed to be overindulgence

or perhaps a bladder infection but

analysis of his moustache hairs in 1991

revealed that braja absorbed a large

dose of mercury several hours before his

death and may in fact have been poisoned

one possible suspect brilliant

theoretician Johannes Kepler

brah hey have long viewed Kepler is an

intellectual rival withholding the bulk

of his data from him and the two

quarrels repeatedly after brought his

death

Kepler gained access to this crucial

data bringing about a complete

reformation of astronomy by abandoning

models of circular orbits in favor of

elliptical Kepler possible evil genius

and the perfect ending to Tycho Brahe

haze extraordinary life

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