Tycho Brahe
A) developed a reflecting telescope, which used a curved mirror to focus the light.
B) developed the first detailed heliocentric model for the solar system, which replaced the geocentric model of Ptolemy.
C) improved the refracting telescope, which allowed him to extend Galileo's observations of the sky.
D) made accurate measurements of planetary positions, which Kepler later used to find the shapes of planetary orbits.

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Tycho Brahe is renowned for his precise astronomical observations, which were instrumental for Johannes Kepler in formulating his laws of planetary motion. Brahe did not develop the reflecting telescope, nor did he propose the heliocentric model or improve the refracting telescope in the context of Galileo's work.