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Stolb23 [73]
3 years ago
9

Why were epicycles necessary in ptolemy’s model of the universe?

Physics
2 answers:
N76 [4]3 years ago
4 0

Because Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn each appear to slow down, stop, move backwards for a while, then again slow down, stop, and start moving forward again. Each plant does this at some time during each year.

If they were simply moving in circles around the Earth, they couldn't do any of this. They would need to be moving on small circles attached to the big circles. The small ones are the 'epicycles'.

Liono4ka [1.6K]3 years ago
3 0

epicycles were orbits within orbits used to explain discrepancies between expected and observed planetary movement, including the appearance of planets slowing down, speeding up, and moving backward.

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