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Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708. Artist: Unknown

Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708. Illustration showing the position of the Sun, Moon and planets and the band of the ecliptic. Proposed by Claudius Ptolemy in the second century AD, this model for the arrangement of the Universe was accepted scientific wisdom until Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) proposed his alternative heliocentric (Sun-centred) model in 1543. From Harmonia Macrocosmicaby Andreas Cellarius. (Amsterdam, 1708).

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Title: Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708. Artist: Unknown

Caption: Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708. Illustration showing the position of the Sun, Moon and planets and the band of the ecliptic. Proposed by Claudius Ptolemy in the second century AD, this model for the arrangement of the Universe was accepted scientific wisdom until Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) proposed his alternative heliocentric (Sun-centred) model in 1543. From Harmonia Macrocosmicaby Andreas Cellarius. (Amsterdam, 1708).

Credit: Album / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

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Image size: 3773 × 2777 px | 30.0 MB

Print size: 31.9 × 23.5 cm | 1485.4 × 1093.3 in (300 dpi)

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