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Which 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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