What Was the Ptolemaic Model

question 67

Multiple Choice

What was the Ptolemaic model?

• A)the first scientific model to successfully predict solar and lunar eclipses
• B)the Earth- centered model of the cosmos in which the Earth was surrounded by seven perfect spheres, one each for the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
• C)an Earth- centered model of planetary motion published by Ptolemy
• D)a Sun- centered model of planetary motion published by Ptolemy

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