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Explain how Ptolemy’s concept of epicycles improved on Aristotle’s model of how objects move in the solar system.

Explain how Ptolemy’s concept of epicycles improved on Aristotle’s model of how objects move in the solar system.
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Explain how Ptolemy’s concept of epicycles improved on Aristotle’s model of how objects move in the solar system.

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Ptolemy accepted Aristotle's idea that the Sun and the planets revolve around a spherical Earth, a geocentric view. Ptolemy developed this idea through observation and in mathematical detail.
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