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| coordinates = {{coord|43.31|S|11.36|W|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter = 85 km (53.4 miles)
| depth = {{convert|4.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Margot99">{{cite journal |last1=Margot |first1=Jean-Luc |last2=Campbell |first2=Donald B. |last3=Jurgens |first3=Raymond F. |last4=Slade |first4=Martin A. |title=The topography of Tycho Crater |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |date=25 May 1999 |volume=104 |issue=E5 |pages=11875–11882 |doi=10.1029/1998JE900047|bibcode=1999JGR...10411875M }}</ref>
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| eponym = [[Tycho Brahe]]
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[[File:Tycho.stl|thumb|3D model of Tycho crater]]
'''Tycho''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|aɪ|k|oʊ}}) is a prominent [[Lunar craters|lunar impact]] [[impact crater|crater]] located in the southern lunar highlands, named after the Danish astronomer [[Tycho Brahe]] (1546–1601).<ref name=gpn>{{gpn|6163}}, accessed 19 February 2019</ref> It is estimated to be 108
To the south of Tycho is the crater [[Street (crater)|Street]], to the east is [[Pictet (crater)|Pictet]], and to the north-northeast is [[Sasserides (crater)|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.
It is one of the [[Moon|Moon's]] brightest craters,<ref name=lro/> with a diameter of {{cvt|85|km}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Charles A. |date=2006-08-01 |title=Tycho: The metropolitan crater of the Moon |magazine=[[Sky & Telescope]] |url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/tycho-the-metropolitan-crater-of-the-moon/ |access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref> and a depth of {{cvt|4700|m}}.<ref name=Margot99></ref>
==Age and description==
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