southern highlands of the Moon and by the Martian crater Tycho Brahe. The bright supernova, SN 1572, is also known as Tycho's Nova. Notes References External links Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info ) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center 001677 Discoveries by Yrjö Väisälä Named minor planets 19400906