Great Comet of 1577 beyond the Moon
Cometa de 1577 como cuerpo supralunar
- Date
- 1577 · confidence high
- Place
- Uraniborg, island of Hven, Denmark (today Sweden)
- Credited to
- Tycho Brahe
- People
- 👤 Tycho Brahe1546–1601
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
By measuring the parallax of the great comet, Tycho showed that it travelled among the planets, crossing the supposed crystalline spheres. The heavens ceased to be solid.
Michael Maestlin reached the same conclusion in Tübingen.
What it led to
- Abandonment of the solid celestial spheres
- Tychonic system
- Cometary orbits of Newton and Halley