What was Tycho Brahe's conclusion about the nature of the solar system?
A) Tycho observed the phases of Venus and thus concluded that the solar system is heliocentric.
B) Tycho's observation of the Jovian system (Jupiter and its four large moons) convinced him that the solar system is heliocentric.
C) Tycho's failure to detect parallax motion for the stars convinced him that the solar system is geocentric.
D) Tycho's observations of the Sun convinced him that it is so large that it must be the center of the solar system.
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