Re: Astronomy for geologists

In article <1122198886.306801.297240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
geraldkelleher@xxxxxxxxxxx () wrote:

> It seems that people are intent in making things as ridiculous as
> possible when the original Copernican insight is enjoyable for its
> simplicity

Hardly, as long as Copernicus insisted on circular motion it was far
from simple. It still required equants and epicycles to explain
planetary motion.

Ken Young
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