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Question 115

Which discovery resulted from Hipparchus comparing astronomical observations made at different times?

  1. The daily rising of the Sun
  2. The continents reached by an ocean voyage
  3. The precession of the equinoxesBonne réponse
  4. The law governing buoyant force

Explication

By comparing observations across time, Hipparchus identified the slow shifting known as the precession of the equinoxes. Daily sunrise is a much shorter repeating motion and does not describe that long-term change.

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