Which idea did Ptolemy’s model use to explain why the planets appeared to move backward as they moved in their orbits?
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He argued that planets move on two sets of circles, a deferent and an epicycle. This explained retrograde motion while keeping the planets in their circular orbits around the Earth. Where this did not fit, Ptolemy proposed an eccentric.
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its C
Explanation:
cause mhm
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