The Ptolemaic Model Probably Persisted for All These Reasons EXCEPT

Multiple Choice

The Ptolemaic model probably persisted for all these reasons EXCEPT:

A) it had the authority of Aristotle behind it.
B) it was consistent with the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
C) it used perfect circles, which appealed to geometry.
D) it accounted well for Galileo's observations of the phase cycle of Venus.
E) it explain why stellar parallax was not observed by the Greeks.