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Tře
7848 posts
 - Brisbane, Australia
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I'm guessing it's named after famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe? 
I like this planet already
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Why have I never heard anything about this before? We could be in a binary star system?
Christ, that's pretty big.
It's still only theoritical, I guess we will know more soon.
That said there are those who don't agree with this theory.
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Origin of name
In ancient Greek city cults, Tyche (Τύχη, meaning "fortune" or "luck" in Greek) was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny (Roman equivalent: Fortuna). The use of the name "Tyche" for the planet may also be a reference to an earlier theory of the Solar System's structure that involved the Sun having a dim companion named Nemesis as it was proposed as a cause for mass-extinctions on Earth. Tyche was the name of the sister of Nemesis.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche_(planet)]tyche[/url]
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no-name :
Christ, that's pretty big.
Obviously... space is big innit!
You got some nerve, coming here.
I hate to agree with Barnaby, but the fact is, hes right.
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Tře
7848 posts
- Brisbane, Australia
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You're annoying Jarrod. You should've let me had my delusion of the origin of the name
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lol sorry 
Did you know he lost part of his nose during a duel.
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Tře
7848 posts
- Brisbane, Australia
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I did not know that.. I think I've heard something about the nose..
and they've been digging out his grave lately to try to find his cause of death (I think).. or something like that.
shame the planet isn't named after him thou
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i actually heard about this planet (yahoo news for the win  ). this coupled with that binary star system theory make it sound like SOMETHING is there. a star? i dont think so. a gas giant planet? maybe. im still a little skeptical
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