The moons, of those solar planets which have them, represent the epi-epicyclical orbits of the Ptolemaic theory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference

And, although Ptolemy's epicyclical system was the long established one, it did not have exclusive monopoly.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

In fact, the excellence of Copernicus's book helped to prolong the life of the epicyclical theories in opposition to Kepler's teaching.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Astronomy] Reference

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 centre of the epicycle, apparently around the earth in a common orbit, which is called the deferent orbit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference

Her blogs are http://www. livejournal.com/users/epicyclical/(more about fanfic) and http://www. livejournal.com/users/cassandraclaire/(more about original work).    From Wordnik.com.  [John Joseph Adams » Young Writers] Reference