[DOC] [TLE] Geocentric model - Wikipedia [PAR] Later these views were combined, so most educated Greeks from the 4th century 
BC on thought that the Earth was a sphere at the center of the universe. [DOC] [TLE] Celestial spheres - Wikipedia [PAR] The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the 
cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, 
Copernicus and others. In these celestial models the apparent motions of the 
fixed stars and the ... Since it was believed that the fixed stars did not change 
their positions relative... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Greek astronomy - Wikipedia [PAR] Greek astronomy is astronomy written in the Greek language in classical antiquity
. Greek ... Such reports show that Greeks of the 6th and 5th centuries BC were 
aware of the ... there were eight circles or spheres carrying the seven planets and 
the fixed stars. ..... Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical Introduction (2nd ed.
)... [DOC] [TLE] Important Dates and Discoveries - The Physics of the Universe [PAR] He describes the Earth as rotating daily on its axis and revolving annually about 
the Sun in a circular orbit, along with a sphere of fixed stars. 2nd Century B.C. - 
The Greek astronomer Hipparchus of Nicea makes the first ... of a multitude of 
stars extending to infinity, rather than Copernicus' narrow band of fixed stars. [DOC] [TLE] Astronomy Notes 3 - History of Astronomy [PAR] What assumptions were used to explain these motions? .... and how the rotation 
of the sphere explained the motion of the stars (though of course it's ... The lights 
in the sky never change, or so they thought. ... Ancient astronomers thought that if 
the Earth was moving, it would be like shifting ... Hipparchus - 2nd Century BC. [DOC] [TLE] What Is The Geocentric Model Of The Universe? - Universe Today [PAR] Feb 4, 2016 ... At one time, the magi and sages of the world believed that the Universe ... It was 
also during the 4th century BCE that Plato and Aristotle would create ... The stars 
and planets were carried around the Earth on spheres or circles, ... become the 
work of Egyptian-Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus (aka. [DOC] [TLE] Astronomy Timeline [PAR] 37, F 1.15. c1300 BC. Chinese begin centuries long series of obs of eclipses. ... 
In Anaximenes model the stars are fixed to the inside of a solid vault ... Eudoxus's 
explanation involved the rotation of spheres in opposite directions. .... Huygens's 
ideas were disputed by Newton, who proposed that light was mae up of a stream
... [DOC] [TLE] What is the heliocentric model of the universe? - Phys.org [PAR] Jan 5, 2016 ... The Scientific Revolution, which took in the 16th and 17th centuries, was a time of 
... model of the universe, a geocentric model proposed in the 2nd century CE. ... 
the Earth did not appear to move, making it a fixed point in space. ... and all the 
planets were spheres, and where the sun, planets and stars all... [DOC] [TLE] Anaximander | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [PAR] The Fragment; The Origin of the Cosmos; Astronomy ... It is said that Apollodorus, 
in the second century BCE, stumbled upon a copy of it, ... According to Aristotle 
and Theophrastus, the first Greek philosophers were ..... He thought that the stars 
were nearest to the earth, then followed the moon, and the sun farthest away. [DOC] [TLE] HISTORICAL REVIEW OF SCIENCE I [PAR] To early observers all objects in the sky were thought of as stars - on a clear night 
as many ... For example, by 2700 BC the Egyptians had observed that the annual 
... that the North star was stationary, navigators had a fixed reference point. .... of 
the stars as located on a rotating sphere, like nails on the surface of a sphere,... [DOC] [TLE] Sun the heliotropic history - Carnaval.com [PAR] astronomer who lived a century after Aristarchus during the time Hipparchus ... 
Furthermore, Hicetas of Syracuse (fl. fifth century B.C.) attributed an axial rotation 
to Earth. ... the changes in shape of the Moon were due to the Sun's

Question: In the 2nd century B.C., this Egyptian astronomer thought that stars were fixed points of light in a rotating sphere
Answer: Ptolemy