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1940 RO. Discovered 1940 Sept. 6 by Y. Väisälä at Turku.
Named for the great Danish-born astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601). (M 4236)
Brahe is also honored by craters on Mars and the Moon.
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(2003). (1677) Tycho Brahe. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1678
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