Multiple Choice
Which of the statements below is part of both the Ptolemaic and Copernican models?
A) The Earth orbits the Sun once a year.
B) The Sun lies in the center of the Cosmos.
C) The Moon orbits the Earth once a month.
D) Epicycles are needed to explain retrograde motion of the planets.
E) Venus's epicycle must always lie between us and the Sun.
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