Multiple Choice
The person who compiled the large set of accurate observations of planetary positions that formed the basis for proving that planets move in elliptical orbits around the Sun was
A) Ptolemy.
B) Johannes Kepler.
C) Nicolaus Copernicus.
D) Tycho Brahe.
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