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← HistoryWhich limit results when pre-telescope astronomers measured star positions using parallax?
A)Reduced stellar mass prediction accuracy
B)Lower precision in parallax angles✓
C)Increased atmospheric refraction errors
D)Overestimated stellar luminosity values
💡 Explanation
The instrument's resolution limited accuracy, because of angular resolution constraints impacting parallax precision via the small-angle approximation; therefore, small parallax angles became unmeasurable, rather than inducing mass, refraction, or luminosity errors.
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