Tycho Brahe Planetarium space. The Tycho Brahe Planetarium is home to the largest lunar rock that can be seen outside the US. Weighing more than 200 grams, it was brought back to Earth by the crew on the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. There are also two smaller exhibitions. One about space technology and the other about Tycho Brahe. Tycho Brahe Planetarium The Tycho Brahe Planetarium is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the southern end of Skt. Jørgens Sø. It is named after astronomer Tycho Brahe. It was designed by MAA Knud Munk and opened on November 1, 1989. The planetarium is built
Gellio Sasceride erat splendidum" ("[my] debut was excellent"). In 1590, Sasceride had sent to Galileo the only copy of a book until then found in Italy detailing the heliocentric system. The crater Sasserides on the Moon is named after him. It lies near Tycho, named after Tycho Brahe. Gellio Sasceride Gellio Sasceride (Sasserides) (1562–1612) was a Danish astronomer and medical doctor. Sasceride was born in Copenhagen. He worked as an assistant to Tycho Brahe after studying under him. It is believed that the following words were written by Sasceride to Brahe: "Quia adhuc aliquid superest spatii, quae sequuntur paucula, sic expetente typographo,