Multiple Choice
The major contribution of Tycho Brahe to the development of modern astronomy was
A) using parallax to prove that Earth moves around the Sun.
B) observing the phases of Venus.
C) measuring planetary positions very accurately.
D) proving that planetary orbits are ellipses.
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