Tychonic system model at Cosmologic fountain - Benátky nad Jizerou (Central Bohemia) - Solar System Models on Waymarking.com

Unusual, Tychonic model of Solar system, is a main part of a modern fountain in Benátky nad Jizerou centre, in town where Tycho de Brahe built observatory and worked...

In the fountain you can see a steel model of Geo-heliocentric system, proposed by Danish atronomer Tycho de Brahe. The model has historic conotation - Tycho de Brahe obtained the sponsorship of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and moved to Prague, as Imperial Court Astronomer in 1599. Tycho built a new observatory in a Chateau in Benátky nad Jizerou, and worked here, circa 250 meters from this fountain, for one year...

Geo-heliocentric system: Tycho advocated as an alternative to the Ptolemaic geocentric system a "Geo-heliocentric" system (now known as the Tychonic system), which he developed in the late 1570s. In such a system, the Sun, Moon, and stars circle a central Earth, while the five planets orbit the Sun...

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Interesting modern fountain decorates reconstructed Hus Square (Husovo námestí). The modern circular stone fountain is except the above descripted cosmological model dominated by 3 jets of water flowing from the fountain arms. At night, the fountain is illuminated by underwater reflectors.

Address: Kosmologická fontana / Cosmologic fountain Husovo náměstí Benátky nad Jizerou I, Czechia 294 71 To-Scale by distance: no To-Scale by Size: no Is the model an Orrery?: no Hours: 24/7/365 Admission Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Web Page: Not listed

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