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Diagram illustrating Ptolemy's equant model, showing a stationary Earth at the center with a planet moving in a small circle called an epicycle, which itself moves along a larger circle, the deferent. The equant point is marked off-center from Earth, and the positions of apogee and perigee are labeled. Small stars are scattered in the background. Geocentric system
How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy's theory of the solar system.
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In Ptolemy's geocentric model of the universe, the Sun, the Moon, and each planet...
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Ptolemaic diagram of a geocentric system, from the star atlas Harmonia Macrocosmica...
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