Tycho Brahe is known for

A) inventing and using the first telescopes.
B) proving that the earth moves around the sun.
C) compiling astronomical data that is still used.
D) compiling data that was used by Kepler to make his discoveries.
E) important astronomical data that often became obsolete after the use of telescopes.


Ans: D

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