Multiple Choice
In Ptolemy's view of the universe, a planet moves on an epicycle whose center moves around the Earth on the deferent circle.
A) Correct
B) FALSE; Ptolemy put the sun at the center.
C) FALSE; The planet stays on the deferent circle.
D) FALSE; Earth is at the center of the epicycle.
E) FALSE; Both c and d are correct.
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