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Ptolomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | According to Ptolomy the Universe was an enclosed sphere with the Earth fixed in the center. |
| | The stars were fixed on the inner side of the peel of the sphere, that was constantly rotating around the Earth and in between the Sun, Moon, and planets and other Universal appearances were in rotary motion. |
| | Ptolomy was the last of the great ancient astronomers, his ideas and descriptions of the planetary system lasted more than 1000 years. |
| library.thinkquest.org /18188/english/explore/famous/ptolemae.htm (259 words) |
