He argued this model gave the appearance that bodies moved in the ____.

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The question appears to reference a model related to motion or physics, indicating that it provided a certain appearance regarding how bodies moved, which could relate to concepts in physics or a specific theory.

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epicycles

The final answer is epicycles

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The final answer is epicycles

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In ancient Greek astronomy, the model using epicycles was proposed to describe the complex motion of planets in the sky. Hipparchus and later Ptolemy used it to account for the retrograde motion of planets.

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Common mistake is confusing epicycles with elliptical orbits, which were later introduced by Kepler.

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