What Was the Ptolemaic System and Why Did Ptolemy Believe That the Planets Revolved Around the Earth?
The Ptolemaic system was a series of theories proposed by Ptolemy to explain the order and movements of the universe. Because Ptolemy’s system of predicting planetary movement was so accurate, all the theories of the Ptolemaic system became the accepted view for centuries even though many were inaccurate. Ptolemy did realize tha
