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Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708.
Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708. Illustration showing the position of the Sun, Moon and planets and the band of the ecliptic. Proposed by Claudius Ptolemy in the second century AD, this model for the arrangement of the Universe was accepted scientific wisdom until Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) proposed his alternative heliocentric (Sun-centred) model in 1543. From Harmonia Macrocosmicaby Andreas Cellarius. (Amsterdam, 1708).
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
Andreas
ANDREAS CELLARIUS
Ann Ronan Pictures
Astronomy
Cellarius
CLAUDIUS
Claudius of Ptolemaeus
Claudius Ptolemy
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Cosmology
country
Dutch
EARTH
ECLIPTIC
eighteenth century
GEOCENTRIC
LOCATION
LUNAR
Moon
ORBIT
Planets
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Ptolemaic System
PTOLEMY
Science
Solar System
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Sun
The Netherlands, Topography
Universe