Multiple Choice
According to Ptolemy's model,a planet undergoing retrograde motion on the sky would be moving on its epicycle:
A) in the opposite direction to the orbit of the epicycle's center.
B) in the same direction to the orbit of the epicycle's center.
C) away from Earth.
D) toward Earth.
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