Who Was the First Person to Measure the Parallax of a Star

question 221

Multiple Choice

Who was the first person to measure the parallax of a star successfully?

• A) Sir George Airy in England
• B) Henry Norris Russell in the United States
• C) Tycho Brahe in Denmark
• D) Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel in Germany

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