The Ptolemaic model of the universe:. Physics & Astronomy

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Physics & Astronomy

is the basis of our modern cosmology.
always kept Mars and Mercury between the Earth and Sun.
could not account for the stellar parallax observed by Hipparchus
describes the orbits of the planets as being ellipses, not circles.
explained and predicted the motions of the planets with deferents and epicycles

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