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Meaning of epiciclo



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Alfredo Edgardo Alvarez Ahumada

epiciclo
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epicycle: ( on the circle ). It is based on a geometric model developed in Greece to demonstrate changes in speed and direction of motion of the Moon, Sun, and planets.

  



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1 m. Astr. Circle in the Ptolemaic astronomy, was supposed to be described by a planet around a Center moved in another circle around the Earth

  










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