Start with a Prediction
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Which Observation Should an Astronomer Believe?
Part 1 of 3
An astronomer measuring an object's position does not get exactly the same answer every time. Instruments and observations introduce errors. If the measurements disagree, we cannot simply draw a relationship that passes through all of them and expect it to describe the underlying motion.