Concerning the planetary orbits, why was Copernicus somewhat inaccurate?

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Dmitriy Zhuk · Answer 1 · 2015-02-19T16:52:46+0000

This is astronomy not biology,

But anywho, From what I can remember, Copernicus's heliocentric theory stated that the planets orbited in perfectly circular orbits. In reality, they are shaped like ellipses (ovals).

Concerning the planetary orbits, why was Copernicus somewhat inaccurate?

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