Before revision: Based on Plato's descriptions within the passage, the orbits can be identified as those of the classical planets, corresponding to the Aristotelian planetary spheres: Orbit 1 – Stars Orbit 2 – Saturn Orbit 3 – Venus Orbit 4 – Mars Orbit 5 – Mercury Orbit 6 – Jupiter Orbit 7 – Sun Orbit 8 – Moon The descriptions of the rims accurately fit the relative distance and revolution speed of the respective bodies as would appear to an observer from Earth (aside from the Moon, which revolves around the Earth slightly more slowly than the sun).
After revision: Based on Plato's descriptions within the passage, the orbits can be identified as those of the classical planets, corresponding to the Aristotelian planetary spheres: Orbit 1 – Stars Orbit 2 – Saturn Orbit 3 – Jupiter Orbit 4 – Mars Orbit 5 – Sun Orbit 6 – Venus Orbit 7 – Mercury Orbit 8 – Moon The descriptions of the rims accurately fit the relative distance and revolution speed of the respective bodies as would appear to an observer from Earth (aside from the Moon, which revolves around the Earth slightly more slowly than the sun).