Which of the following scientists made highly accurate measurements that first disproved the theories of Ptolemy and Copernicus?
A) Nonsense-- nobody has disproved Copernicus's theory.
B) Nonsense-- you cannot disprove a general scientific theory.
C) Galileo
D) Brahe
E) Kepler
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