Definitions

1. adjective

relating to Tycho Brahe, a 16th-century astronomer, or describing a system that places the Sun at the center of the universe with the planets orbiting around it.

“Tycho’s tychonic model of the solar system was a major departure from the geocentric view of the time.”

2. noun

a system of astronomy that places the Sun at the center of the universe with the planets orbiting around it, especially as proposed by Tycho Brahe.

“The tychonic model of the solar system was later refined by Johannes Kepler.”