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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered mechanical device discovered in a shipwreck in 1901.
• Constructed around the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE, it is widely regarded as the world’s oldest known analogue computer.
• It used a complex differential gear train comprising over thirty bronze gears to predict astronomical positions and eclipses.
• It tracked the Saros cycle (a 223-lunar-month eclipse prediction cycle) and the Metonic cycle.
• It also included an indicator display showing the four-year cycle of the ancient Panhellenic athletic games (including the Olympic Games).

The student wants to emphasize the astronomical predictive capabilities of the Antikythera mechanism. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Recovered from a shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera mechanism was constructed around the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE.

B

Using a complex system of over thirty bronze gears, the Antikythera mechanism could accurately predict celestial positions, eclipses, and lunar cycles.

C

In addition to astronomical tracking, the mechanical device featured an indicator display for the four-year Panhellenic Olympic cycle.

D

Regarded as the world’s oldest analogue computer, the ancient Greek device was fabricated with a differential gear train.