Tycho (lunar crater)

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Tycho () is a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern highlands of the Moon, named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. It is around 108 million years old. It is one of the Moon's brightest craters, with a diameter of around 85 km (53 mi) and a depth of around 4.7 km (2.9 mi). To the south of Tycho is the crater Street, to the east is Pictet, and to the north-northeast is Sasserides. The surface around Tycho is replete with craters of various sizes, many overlapping still older craters. Some of the smaller craters are secondary craters formed from larger chunks of ejecta from Tycho.

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