Multiple Choice
Tycho Brahe contributed to the advance of astronomy by
A) working out the theory of inertia.
B) making accurate observations of the planets.
C) calculating the pull of gravity on the tides by the moon.
D) calculating the distance to the sun.
E) inventing the astrolabe.
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