Kepler's First Law Worked, Where Copernicus' Original Heliocentric Model Failed

Multiple Choice

Kepler's first law worked, where Copernicus' original heliocentric model failed, becauseKepler described the orbits as:

A) elliptical, not circular.
B) much larger than Copernicus had envisioned.
C) around the Sun, not the Earth.
D) being on equants instead of epicycles.
E) complex, with epicycles to account for retrograde motions.