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Longomontanus since he was Tycho's preferred choice. However, Longomontanus was gone during this time in Denmark and Johannes Kepler was there, so he was anointed.
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joined the two in trying to come up with a theory on how to predict longitude at oppositions with complete accuracy. Longomontanus used Mars as a model for this. Having left the island of
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