The Great Contribution of Tycho Brahe Was to _

question 64

Multiple Choice

The great contribution of Tycho Brahe was to _.

• A)discover four moons orbiting Jupiter, thereby lending strong support to the idea that the Earth is not the center of the universe
• B)observe planetary positions with sufficient accuracy so that Kepler could later use the data to discover the laws of planetary motion
• C)offer the first detailed model of a Sun- centered solar system, thereby beginning the process of overturning the Earth- centered model of the Greeks
• D)discover that planets orbit the Sun in elliptical orbits with varying speed

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