Asked by severia
Look at the diagram of the solar system.
The solar system shows the sun and planets in their orbits around Earth in this order: Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.
What observation did this geocentric model of the solar system help to explain?
orbit speed
the phases of Venus
retrograde motion
the rising of the Sun
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retrograde motion
The geocentric model (with epicycles) was devised to account for the apparent occasional backward (westward) motion of planets against the stars — the retrograde loops.
The geocentric model (with epicycles) was devised to account for the apparent occasional backward (westward) motion of planets against the stars — the retrograde loops.
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