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Why was Roemer's measurement of the speed of light inaccurate?

a) because man's reaction time was much slower than the speed of light
b) because the eclipses of Jupiter's were not regular enough
c) he did not know the accurate diameter of the Earth's orbit

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C bc you have to have the accurate diameter of earths orbit
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