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Who came up with the geocentric model of the solar system?

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Ptolemaic system, also called geocentric system or geocentric model, mathematical model of the universe formulated by the Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy about 150 CE and recorded by him in his Almagest and Planetary Hypotheses.

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greek astronomy came up with the geocentric model.
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