Tycho Brahe: Mapping the HeavensEarly modern astronomers had to make predictions based on inaccurate planetary tables. Tycho Brahe, a wealthy nobleman from Denmark, established an observatory on the island of liven and devoted his life to making an accurate map of the heavens. |
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