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epicycle [ˈepɪsaɪkl̩] N ASTRON, MATH

epicycle

epicykl m

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In fact, he did this separately for the eccentric and the epicycle model. en.wikipedia.org

A planet or the center of an epicycle (a smaller circle carrying the planet) was conceived to move with a uniform angular speed with respect to the equant. en.wikipedia.org

He asserts that the epicycle's center is carried on a circle, the deferent, whose center is different from the center of uniform motion. en.wikipedia.org

Eccentrics and epicycles came to be thought of as useful fictions. en.wikipedia.org

It was mistakenly believed that more levels of epicycles (circles within circles) were added to the models to match more accurately the observed planetary motions. en.wikipedia.org

Part of the problem may be due to the misconception of the epicycle as an explanation of a body's motion rather than merely a description. en.wikipedia.org

To account for apparent anomalies in this view, such as the apparent retrograde motion of the planets, a system of deferents and epicycles was used. en.wikipedia.org

A given planet then moves around the epicycle at the same time the epicycle moves along the path marked by the deferent. en.wikipedia.org

The second part of the model is the epicycle. en.wikipedia.org

It isn't even clear that he used fewer epicycles than the geocentric model did. www.theatlantic.com

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