Aristotle (fourth century b.c.e.) rejected the idea that Earth moves because he knew stellar parallax motion would result,and he was unable to measure any.About how long after Aristotle was stellar parallax actually measured?
A) two centuries
B) 10 centuries
C) 22 centuries
D) 29 centuries
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