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TIL astronomer James Bradley set out in the 1720s to measure stellar parallax; in pursuing it, he discovered aberration of light, provided direct observational evidence of Earth's orbit around the Sun, and estimated the speed of light with remarkable accuracy. He never detected the stellar parallax.
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TIL astronomer James Bradley set out in the 1720s to measure stellar parallax; in pursuing it, he discovered aberration of light, provided direct observational evidence of Earth's orbit around the Sun, and estimated the speed of light with remarkable accuracy. He never detected the stellar parallax.

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