How Did the Ptolemaic Model Explain the Apparent Retrograde Motion

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Multiple Choice

How did the Ptolemaic model explain the apparent retrograde motion of the planets?

• A)It held that sometimes the planets moved backward along their circular orbits.
• B)It placed the Sun at the center so that the planets' apparent retrograde motion was seen as Earth passed each one in its orbit.
• C)It varied the motion of the celestial sphere so that it sometimes moved backward.
• D)It held that the planets moved along small circles that moved on larger circles around the Sun.
• E)It held that the planets moved along small circles that moved on larger circles,also known as epicycles,around Earth.

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