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The idea of epicycles was introduced by which astronomer as an attempt to explain the retrograde motion of the planets in the geocentric universe model?
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The idea of epicycles was introduced by which astronomer as an attempt to explain the retrograde motion of the planets in the geocentric universe model?
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David Todd is your answer
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"Nicolas Copernicus"
introduced the idea of epicycles to explain the retrograde motion of the planets in the geocentric universe model by "Ptolemy"
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