The Greatest Inaccuracy in Copernicus's Model of the Solar System

question 34

Multiple Choice

The greatest inaccuracy in Copernicus's model of the solar system was that the planets

• A) traveled in circular orbits with uniform motion.
• B) traveled on epicycles whose centers followed orbits around the sun.
• C) traveled in elliptical orbits.
• D) were allowed to travel backwards in their orbits.
• E) orbited the sun.

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