Life in the Universe (4th Edition)
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Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Seth Shostak
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Chapter 2, Problem 29TYU
In Ptolemy’s geocentric model, the retrograde motion of a planet occurs when (a) Earth is about to pass the planet in its orbit around the Sun; (b) the planet actually goes backward in its orbit around Earth; (c) the planet is aligned with the Moon in our sky.
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