Match the accomplishment to the person:
A) Tycho collected data, Newton found elliptical orbits, Kepler explained in terms of physics.
B) Tycho collected data, Kepler found elliptical orbits, Newton explained in terms of physics.
C) Kepler collected data, Tycho found elliptical orbits, Newton explained in terms of physics.

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Tycho Brahe collected data on planetary positions, but he did not discover the elliptical shape of their orbits. Johannes Kepler discovered that the orbits of planets are elliptical, based on Tycho's data. Finally, Isaac Newton explained the laws of planetary motion, including the elliptical orbits, through his laws of gravitation. Therefore, the correct sequence is Tycho-Kepler-Newton, which is described in option B.

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