Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements reflects beliefs that were almost universally held in pre-Copernican astronomy?
A) The planets travelled in elliptical orbits around the Earth.
B) The planets travelled in elliptical orbits around the Sun.
C) The Sun was at the centre of the universe.
D) The Earth was at the centre of the universe.
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