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Ptolemaic model

Diagram of Ptolemy’s model (geocentric) with Earth at the centre

Ptolemy’s model (geocentric) places the Earth at the centre of the Universe. The Sun and planets revolve in a series of circular orbits moving out from the Earth.

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