Multiple Choice
Today we rely largely on what technique to precisely measure distances in the solar system?
A) transits of Venus across the Sun
B) radar echo timings
C) measurement of stellar parallaxes
D) timings of the eclipses of its moons by Jupiter's shadow
E) precise measurements of length of the year with atomic clocks
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