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The Ptolemaic model probably persisted for all these reasons EXCEPT:. Physics & Astronomy
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The Ptolemaic model probably persisted for all these reasons EXCEPT:
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Physics & Astronomy
it had the authority of Aristotle behind it
it explain why stellar parallax was not observed by the Greeks
it used perfect circles, which appealed to geometry.
it was consistent with the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
it accounted well for Galileo's observations of the phase cycle of Venus
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