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Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer, usually known by his first name. He was particularly active in making observations of the planets, which remained among the most detailed and accurate available for many decades. These led him to develop a model of the solar system which was a compromise between the Ptolemaic and Copernican theories. As well as astronomy, Tycho was interested in alchemy.

Tycho was born on December 14, , in Knudstrup. He was adopted by an uncle at an early age, and when he was 13, he was sent to Copenhagen to study rhetoric and philosophy.

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In , his attention was caught by an eclipse of the sun, especially the fact that it occurred precisely when predicted. Nevertheless, at this stage of his life he remained on course for a legal career, enrolling at the University of Leipzig in Tycho continued to undertake astronomical studies in his spare time, using simple instruments to make his observations.

He left the university in May , but when his uncle died a few weeks, later he traveled to Rostock. Here, he fought a duel with another man over who was the better mathematician, and part of his nose was sliced away.