According to the Ptolemaic Model of the Solar System, During

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Multiple Choice

According to the Ptolemaic model of the solar system, during retrograde motion a planet would be

• A) at varying distances from Earth, sometimes closer and sometimes farther away than the average distance.
• B) farther away from Earth than average.
• C) closer to Earth than average.
• D) always at the same distance from Earth because the planet orbits Earth in a circle in this model.

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Definitions:

Protanopia

A type of color blindness where individuals have difficulty distinguishing between red and green colors.

Deuteranopia

A type of red-green color blindness caused by the absence of or defect in the green cone cells in the eye.

Blue Cones

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye responsible for the perception of blue light wavelengths.

Tritanopia

A type of color vision deficiency characterized by an inability to distinguish between blue and yellow colors.