Editing Tycho (lunar crater) (section)

== Names ==
Tycho is named after the Danish astronomer [[Tycho Brahe]].<ref name=gpn/> Like many of the craters on the Moon's near side, it was given its name by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] astronomer [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli|G.B. Riccioli]], whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.{{sfn|Whitaker|2003|pp=61}}<ref>[[:commons:File:Riccioli1651MoonMap.jpg|Riccioli map of the Moon (1651)]]</ref> Earlier lunar cartographers had given the feature different names. [[Pierre Gassendi]] named it Umbilicus Lunaris ('the [[navel]] of the Moon').{{sfn|Whitaker|2003|pp=33}} [[Michael van Langren|van&nbsp;Langren]]'s 1645 map calls it "Vladislai IV" after [[Władysław IV Vasa]], [[King of Poland]].{{sfn|Whitaker|2003|pp=198}}<ref>[[:commons:File:Langrenus map of the Moon 1645.jpg|Langren's map of the Moon (1645)]]</ref> And [[Johannes Hevelius]] named it 'Mons Sinai' after [[Mount Sinai]].<ref>[[:commons:File:Hevelius Map of the Moon 1647.jpg|Hevelius map of the Moon (1647)]]</ref>