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What did Ptolemy think of the solar system?

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Ask not what Ptolemy thinks of his solar system, but what his solar system thinks of Ptolemy.

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How is Copernicus description of the system of planets different from Ptolemy description?

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How did Ptolemy's work change our understanding or the solar system and astronomy?

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Whose geocentric model of the solar system was accepted for 1400?

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