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The planets move on little circles that move on bigger circles.

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Q: What was ptolemys explanation for why the planets seemed to move at different speeds?
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What was Ptolemy's explanation for why the plants seemed to move at different speends?

because the sun has to be at a different angle to make it move


Why the planets seemed to move at different speeds?

The gravitational pull of other objects in space affect all


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Why planets are called planets?

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Who discovered the first planets?

I would imagine the first humans who walked the Earth. The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can all be seen with an unaided eye. They were, then, called Wandering Stars as they "seemed" to wander the skies unlike the "fixed" stars.


Is seemed a homonym?

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Why were some stars worship while others were feared?

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What is one reason why the English were afraid of a Roman Catholic monarch?

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The Greeks discovered wanderers in the sky known as?

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