The Ptolemaic Model Probably Persisted for All These Reasons EXCEPT

question 91

Multiple Choice

The Ptolemaic model probably persisted for all these reasons EXCEPT:

• A)it had the authority of Aristotle behind it.
• B)it was consistent with the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
• C)it used perfect circles, which appealed to geometry.
• D)it accounted well for Galileo's observations of the phase cycle of Venus.
• E)it explain why stellar parallax was not observed by the Greeks.

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