We can't detect stellar parallax with naked-eye observations. Which of the following would make parallax easier to observe?
A) increasing the size of Earth's orbit
B) speeding up Earth's rotational motion
C) slowing down Earth's rotational motion
D) speeding up the precession of Earth's axis
E) getting away from streetlights
A) increasing the size of Earth's orbit
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