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It mentions the lunar model in which the Muslim astronomer uses epicycles to correct Ptolemy’s exaggerated lunar distance variations.

Writes the study’s author, “Both astronomers (Copernicus and Ibn al-Shatir) replaced Ptolemy’s equant with additional circular motions, achieving uniform motion without an artificial ...

It mentions the lunar model in which the Muslim astronomer used epicycles to correct Ptolemy's exaggerated lunar distance variations. "This is nearly identical to Copernicus's lunar model in De ...

All of a sudden, we had a whole new generation of astronomers that were not beholden to the old picture, the old picture going back to Ptolemy.