Question

Question
Which is a correct statement about Aristotle's and Ptolemy's models of the solar system?(1 point)
Responses

Ptolemy's model was never useful because it was incorrect.
Ptolemy's model was never useful because it was incorrect.

Aristotle's model involved epicycles moving within crystalline spheres.
Aristotle's model involved epicycles moving within crystalline spheres.

Ptolemy's model involved epicycles moving along perfect circles.
Ptolemy's model involved epicycles moving along perfect circles.

Aristotle's model put the Sun at the center.
Aristotle's model put the Sun at the center.

Answer 1

Ptolemy's model involved epicycles moving along perfect circles.

Briefly: Aristotle was geocentric with nested crystalline spheres (no epicycles), while Ptolemy kept Earth at the center but added epicycles and deferents (circular motions) to match planetary motions.