# Tycho

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**Tycho** is a masculine given name, a latinization of Greek Τύχων, from the name of [Tyche](/source/Tyche) (Ancient Greek: Τύχη), the Greek goddess of fortune or luck. The Russian form of the name is *[Tikhon](/source/Tikhon)* (Тихон).

## People

### Given name

- [Tycho Brahe](/source/Tycho_Brahe) (1546–1601), Danish nobleman and astronomer
- Saint [Tikhon of Zadonsk](/source/Tikhon_of_Zadonsk) (1724–1783), Russian bishop
- [Tycho van Meer](/source/Tycho_van_Meer) (born 1974), Dutch field hockey striker

### Surname

- [Tommy Tycho](/source/Tommy_Tycho) (1928–2013), Hungarian-Australian pianist, conductor, composer

### Pseudonym

- [Tycho (musician)](/source/Tycho_(musician)) (born 1977) (Scott Hansen), American ambient music artist and producer, also known as ISO50

## Astronomy

- [Tycho (lunar crater)](/source/Tycho_(lunar_crater))
- [Tycho Brahe (Martian crater)](/source/Tycho_Brahe_(Martian_crater))
- The [Tycho-1 Catalogue](/source/Hipparcos_Catalogue) or [Tycho-2 Catalogue](/source/Tycho-2_Catalogue) of stars
- [SN 1572](/source/SN_1572), a supernova remnant, often called Tycho's supernova
- [Tycho G](/source/Tycho_G), the companion star of SN 1572
- [1677 Tycho Brahe](/source/1677_Tycho_Brahe), an asteroid

## Fiction

- Tycho, a desert ranger henchman from the computer game [*Fallout*](/source/Fallout_(video_game))
- Tycho, a shipboard AI in the computer game [*Marathon*](/source/Marathon_(1994_video_game))
- Tycho Brahe, a character from the [*Penny Arcade* webcomic](/source/Penny_Arcade) based on writer Jerry Holkins
- Tycho Celchu, a character in the *[Star Wars](/source/Star_Wars)* Universe
- Tycho Zeling, protagonist of [Edward van de Vendel's](/source/Edward_van_de_Vendel) young adult novel *Days of Bluegrass Love* and its sequels.
- Brother-Captain Tycho, a character in the *[Warhammer 40,000](/source/Warhammer_40,000)* universe
- Tycho City, a city located on Earth's moon (presumably on/near Tycho Crater), mentioned in the *[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek)* franchise
- Tycho Station, a setting in *[The Expanse](/source/The_Expanse_(novel_series))* novel series and its accompanying TV series

## See also

- [Tyco (disambiguation)](/source/Tyco_(disambiguation))
- [Taiko (disambiguation)](/source/Taiko_(disambiguation))

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