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• The moons, of those solar planets which have them, represent the epi-epicyclical orbits of the Ptolemaic theory.
• And, although Ptolemy's epicyclical system was the long established one, it did not have exclusive monopoly.
• In fact, the excellence of Copernicus's book helped to prolong the life of the epicyclical theories in opposition to Kepler's teaching.
• It must be remembered that the apparent planetary motions are epicyclical, each planet revolving in its own orbit, the epicycle, around the sun, and with the sun, as...