Tycho Brahe made the most accurate observations ever in naked-eye astronomy, which led to the laws of planetary motion created by Johannes Kepler, one of his students.

Tycho was born December 14, 1546, in Knudstrup, Scania, a region of southern Sweden that was then part of Denmark, the survivor of a set of twin boys. Tycho lived with his parents (his father was of Swedish noble blood) until he was six, when he was kidnapped by his father's brother. Tycho remained in his uncle's house. From his uncle he learned Latin, and also studied philosophy and law, in preparation for a career in politics. But fate intervened when Tycho observed his first solar eclipse in 1560; he was fascinated, and decided to abandon politics for science and mathematics.

Tycho attended the University of Copenhagen and there studied science, math, ethics, music and philosophy, and later continued his studies in Germany.

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