Reverse of medal commemorating the bright comet

Reverse of medal commemorating the bright comet of 1577. Known as Brahe's comet, this is the comet which convinced the Danish astronomer Tycho or Tyge Brahe (1546-1601) that there is change beyond the sphere of the Moon. It is shown in his system of the universe published in his Mundi aetherei recentioribus Phaenomensis, (1588). The reverse shows Phaeton driving his father Phoebus's (the Sun) chariot

1546-1601 1577 1588 Astronomer Brahe Brahes Chariot Comet Cometary Commemorating Convinced Mundi Phaeton Sphere Tycho Tyge Universe

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