Ptolemy believed in geocentricism. He thought up the Geocentric Theory, which stated that the Earth was the center of the Universe and all other celestial objects revolved around it. Of course, geocentricism has been proven wrong, and heliocentricism has been proven.
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Ask not what Ptolemy thinks of his solar system, but what his solar system thinks of Ptolemy.
what evidence did ptolemy have for the solar system
Ptolemy thought the earth was the center of the solar system (Otherwise known as the Geocentric theory) and Copernicus's idea was that the sun was at the center of the solar system (Heliocentric theroy).
they are both greek astronomers that first thought the sun was the center of our solar system
Aristotle first thought that the Earth was the center of the solar system. Ptolemy was the second one to think of the theory.
Ptolemy thought the earth was the center of the solar system (Otherwise known as the Geocentric theory) and Copernicus's idea was that the sun was at the center of the solar system (Heliocentric theroy).
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Ptolemy knew of the seven classical planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Sun, and the Moon. These were the celestial bodies visible to the naked eye that were thought to move around Earth in the geocentric model of the solar system.
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