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
Giles Strangways (died 1546) Giles Strangways (died 1546) Sir Giles Strangways (1486 – 11 December 1546), of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, was an English politician. He was the eldest son Henry Strangways of Melbury Sampford, Dorset. He succeeded his father in 1504 and was knighted in 1514. He was made an Esquire of the body by 1509. He also was appointed a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Dorset in 1509 for life, for Somerset from 1514 to 1521 and for the western circuit in 1540. He was High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset for 1512–13, 1517–18, 1524–25, 1533–34 and 1541–42. He was a Member