Which of these observations of Galileo refuted Ptolemy's epicycles?
A) the rotation of sunspots across the Sun's surface
B) the complete cycle of Venus' phases
C) the craters on the Moon
D) the revolution of Jupiter's moons around it
E) the visibility of many more stars with the telescope
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