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Ptolemy To Brahe

Copernican Model: Fundamental Ideas

• All the heavenly spheres revolve around the Sun, and the Sun is therefore the center of the Universe..

• The daily motion of the heavenly bodies results from the Earth’s motion about its axis….

• The apparent annual motion of the Sun relative to the stars is caused by the revolution of the Earth around the Sun….

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