【英语时差8,16】彗星研究者（下）（在线收听）

He figured if the comet was only as high as the upper atmosphere, it should appear to be in different parts of the sky to different observers. That’s because moving around under the comet would change your perspective. The stars are so far away that we can’t change our perspectives on them, so Brahe realized he could use them as a reference. He found that everyone said it was in the same part of the sky on the same day. This showed that comets are much farther away than the upper atmosphere. Brahe decided they were even farther than the moon! That was a bold statement in his day, but his experiment showed him right. Now we know that comets are much, much farther away than anyone thought, and that they only pass by our planet while orbiting the sun.