Tycho

Tycho is a masculine given name, a latinization of Greek Τύχων, from the name of Tyche (Greek: Τύχη), 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)

1. Tycho Brahe
2. Tycho (musician)
3. Tycho (lunar crater)
4. Tycho Brahe (disambiguation)
5. Monolith (Space Odyssey)
6. Tycho discography
7. Hipparcos
8. The Green Futures of Tycho
9. MF Tycho Brahe
10. SN 1572
11. Tycho-2 Catalogue
12. Fallout (video game)
13. Simulcast (album)
14. Tommy Tycho
15. Copenhagen Suborbitals
16. Past Is Prologue (album)
17. Tycho Jæger
18. Weather (Tycho album)
19. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (series)
20. Epoch (Tycho album)