HIstory of Astronomy and Neptune

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Science

 

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Lawrence A

 

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December 31, 2013

 

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University

 

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From the information that he had access to, and the framework that Aristotle provided, Ptolemy was able to make a mathematical model of the universe. Certain faults and glitches in the current model grew Ptolemy confused and angry. Using his own current knowledge and applying Euclid's geometry to the universe's model he created the Ptolemaic system...
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In the Ptolemaic system, the model had the planets rotating around the Earth which is known as a different. Technically, in the model, the planets weren't revolving around an Earth than was centered, but more of an Earth that was off-centered, which is known as eccentric. To solve the current problem of why the planets speed up and slow down, Ptolemy insisted that the planets do not travel at a set rate, but more of a rate that changes at will...
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