Sentences with EPICYCLE
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"The theory of epicycles was commonly used in ancient astronomy to explain the motion of planets."
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"Ptolemy's geocentric model relied heavily on the concept of epicycles."
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"The epicycle theory involved smaller circles rotating within larger circles."
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"The epicycle theory was eventually supplanted by Copernican heliocentrism."
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"A planet's retrograde motion was accounted for through the use of epicycles."
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"The epicycle concept originated in the works of ancient Greek astronomers."
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"The precise calculations of epicycle paths were complex and time-consuming."
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"The introduction of epicycles helped explain anomalies in planetary motion."
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"The concept of epicycles remained influential for many centuries."
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"The predictions derived from epicycle models were reasonably accurate."
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"In the Ptolemaic system, each planet was assigned its own epicycle."
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"The epicycle theory assumed that celestial bodies moved in perfect circles."
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"The epicycle model was adjusted and refined over time to match observations."
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"Ancient astronomers used epicycles to account for inconsistencies in celestial motion."
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"Copernicus challenged the widespread belief in epicycles with his heliocentric theory."
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"The concept of epicycles was abandoned with the advent of modern astronomy."
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"The Ptolemaic system of astronomy proposed that planets moved in epicycles as they orbited the Earth."
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"An epicycle is a small circle whose center moves around the circumference of a larger circle."
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"Copernicus challenged the notion of epicycles and proposed a heliocentric model of the solar system."
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"Kepler's laws of planetary motion helped to explain the irregularities observed in the motion of planets within their epicycles."
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"The epicycles in the geocentric model were used to account for the retrograde motion of planets."
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"The complexity of the epicycle model led many astronomers to seek alternative explanations for the motion of celestial bodies."
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"The concept of the epicycle was integral to ancient Greek astronomy."
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"In the Ptolemaic system, epicycles were used to account for the varying speeds of planets as they moved across the sky."
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"The motion of planets within their epicycles was a topic of much debate among astronomers in ancient times."
