Tycho Brahe days list. One should also note that Denmark was on the Julian calendar until 1700, when it switched to the Gregorian calendar. Medieval calendars often contained lists of "dies Ægyptiaci", "Egyptian days", that also were held to be unlucky. The Egyptian days were: These too were days considered unlucky to begin any enterprise. Physicians were especially discouraged from performing bloodletting on the Egyptian days. Tycho Brahe days In the folklore of Scandinavia, Tycho Brahe days (Danish: "Tycho Brahes-dage"; Norwegian: "Tycho Brahedager"; Swedish: "Tycho Brahe-dagar") are days judged to be especially unlucky, especially for magical work, and important business transactions[ and personal
1677 Tycho Brahe The "Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link" assumes an albedo of 0.21, derived from the family's largest member and namesake, 15 Eunomia, and calculates a diameter of 13.26 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 11.7. This minor planet is named for the great Danish-born astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) an early forerunner and father of modern astronomy. He is known for his unprecedented precise measurements in the pre-telescopic era. Brahe is also honored by the prominent crater "Tycho" in the southern highlands of the Moon and by the Martian cater "Tycho Brahe". The bright supernova, SN 1572, is also known as "Tycho's