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Where was Earth in Ptolemy's and Copernicus's conceptions of the universe

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Ptolemy believed Earth was at the center of the universe. Copernicus thought the sun was at the center and that Earth revolved around it.
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According to Ptolemy and Copernicus, the sun was the center of the universe, so the earth was orbiting around it
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