Timeline for Is there a general term for epicycles, deferents, and eccentrics in Ptolemaic astronomy?
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| Sep 23, 2014 at 14:32 | comment | added | Mars | Good point. I agree that this common metaphorical use of "orbit" suggests that I could use it, metaphorically, to refer to the circles in Ptolemy's or Copernicus's system. I'd rather have a non-metaphorical term. My edit to the question references an answer that provides that. | |
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| Sep 23, 2014 at 6:22 | history | answered | Deke Thomas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |