Multiple Choice
Tycho made angular measurements with an accuracy of one arc minute.If Mars takes 2.136 years to complete one orbit of the Sun as viewed from Earth (a synodic period) ,how long on the average does it take Mars to move through one arc minute?
A) one second
B) a little less than one hour
C) about a day and a half
D) 17 days
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