Tycho failed to detect ______ for the nova of 1572 indicating it was ______.
A)parallax; beyond the orbit of Earth's Moon
B)parallax; inside the Earth's atmosphere close to Earth
C)light; beyond the orbit of Earth's Moon
D)light; inside the Earth's atmosphere close to Earth

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Tycho Brahe failed to detect parallax for the nova of 1572, which indicated that it was beyond the orbit of Earth's Moon. Parallax is the apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations. Since Tycho was unable to observe parallax for the nova, it suggested that the object was much farther away than the Moon and, therefore, could not be located within the Earth's atmosphere.

Tycho Failed to Detect ______ for the Nova of 1572