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    In Ptolemy's Geocentric Model, the Normal Eastward Motion of the Planets
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In Ptolemy's Geocentric Model, the Normal Eastward Motion of the Planets

Question 41

Question 41

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In Ptolemy's geocentric model, the normal eastward motion of the planets was along


A) a retrograde loop.
B) an epicycle.
C) the equant.
D) a deferent.
E) an ellipse.

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