Multiple Choice
Which of these observations of Galileo refuted Ptolemy's epicycles?
A) the complete cycle of Venus's phases
B) the rotation of sunspots across the Sun's surface
C) the revolution of Jupiter's moons around it
D) the craters on the Moon
E) the visibility of many more stars with the telescope
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