Tycho Explained

Tycho is a masculine given name, a latinization of Greek Τύχων, from the name of Tyche (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τύχη|link=no), the Greek goddess of fortune or luck.The Russian form of the name is Tikhon (Тихон).

People

Given name

• Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Danish nobleman and astronomer
• Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724–1783), Russian bishop
• Tycho van Meer (born 1974), Dutch field hockey striker

Surname

• Tommy Tycho (1928–2013), Hungarian-Australian pianist, conductor, composer

Pseudonym

• Tycho (musician) (born 1977) (Scott Hansen), American ambient music artist and producer, also known as ISO50

Astronomy

• Tycho (lunar crater)
• Tycho Brahe (Martian crater)
• The Tycho-1 Catalogue or Tycho-2 Catalogue of stars
• SN 1572, a supernova remnant, often called Tycho's supernova
• Tycho G, the companion star of SN 1572
• 1677 Tycho Brahe, an asteroid

Fiction

• Tycho, a desert ranger henchman from the computer game Fallout
• Tycho, a shipboard AI in the computer game Marathon
• Tycho Brahe, a character from the Penny Arcade webcomic based on writer Jerry Holkins
• Tycho Celchu, a character in the Star Wars Universe
• Tycho Zeling, protagonist of Edward van de Vendel's young adult novel Days of Bluegrass Love and its sequels.
• Brother-Captain Tycho, a character in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
• Tycho City, a city located on Earth's moon (presumably on/near Tycho Crater), mentioned in the Star Trek franchise
• Tycho Station, a setting in The Expanse novel series and its accompanying TV series

See also

• Tyco (disambiguation)
• Taiko (disambiguation)