Ptolemaic system
Meanings
name
- A geocentric model of the solar system, described by the eponymous astronomer.
Word forms
Etymology
After Greek-Roman astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 90 - c. 168 AD), who explained the theory in an influential work.
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