Ptolemy and Retrograde Motion I @mrg3
Ptolemy and Retrograde Motion I  @mrg3
Uploaded January 2008 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This animation shows how Ptolemy's geocentric model could reproduce planetary retrograde motion for a superior planet (i.e. a planet whose orbit lies outside of earth's orbit).
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Ptolemy and Retrograde Motion I

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