Tycho Brahe (Martian crater) Tycho Brahe (Martian crater) Tycho Brahe is a nearly ovular crater on Mars named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601). It is located in the Cerberus hemisphere around 49.8° south and 213.9° west, in an area which is south of the Martz crater and east of the Hellas Basin. It measures approximately 105 kilometers in diameter from east to west. The name was adopted by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973. The crater is crossed by Eridania Scopulus, an escarpment. Other nearby named craters are Huggins to the east, far south is Vinogradsky and northwest is
Capture of Portobello (1601) then returned to Plymouth in May 1601 where he distributed his prize money and in September of that year became Mayor. He would then became a founding member of the Virginia Company in 1606. Capture of Portobello (1601) The Capture of Portobello was a military event during the Anglo–Spanish War in which an English expedition under the command of William Parker assaulted and took Portobello from the Spanish, acquired some booty and then sacked the place. The war with Spain was continuing and English privateers were still roaming the Spanish American empire for prizes and attacking ports. In November 1600