[DOC] [TLE] Geocentric model - Wikipedia [PAR] In astronomy, the Geocentric model is a superseded description of the universe 
with the Earth ... The Geocentric model entered Greek astronomy and philosophy 
at an early ... In the 4th century BC, two influential Greek philosophers, Plato and 
his ... Ptolemy argued that the Earth was a sphere in the center of the universe,... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Greek astronomy - Wikipedia [PAR] Greek astronomy is astronomy written in the Greek language in classical antiquity
. Greek ... 546 BC) described a cylindrical earth suspended in the center of the 
cosmos, ... Callippus, a Greek astronomer of the 4th century, added seven 
spheres to ... Ptolemy's works on astronomy and astrology include the Almagest, 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Greek Astronomy - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Jul 23, 2013 ... Our knowledge of Greek astronomy before the 4th century BCE is very 
incomplete. ... The earth's shadow on the moon's surface suggested that the 
shape of our ... not the earth, was the fixed centre of the universe, and that the 
earth, ... work Almagest, a massive astronomical essay completed during the 2nd
... [DOC] [TLE] What Is The Geocentric Model Of The Universe? - Universe Today [PAR] Feb 4, 2016 ... The notion that the Earth was the center of the Universe is certainly an ... 
proposed a cosmological system where a cylindrical Earth was held aloft at the 
center ... the work of Egyptian-Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus (aka. 
Ptolemy). In his treatise Almagest, which was released in the 2nd century CE,... [DOC] [TLE] Historic Dispute: Is Earth the center of the universe - Science Clarified [PAR] In the sixteenth century, the Polish scholar Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that 
the ... Moving the designated center of the universe from Earth to the Sun may 
have .... The work of the second-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy represents 
the ... In his work, entitled the Almagest , Ptolemy described a complicated system 
that... [DOC] [TLE] Hipparchus | Greek astronomer | Britannica.com [PAR] Greek astronomer and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to 
the ... astronomical compendium the Almagest, written by Ptolemy in the 2nd 
century ad. ... stationary Earth at the centre of the universe (the geocentric 
cosmology). [DOC] [TLE] Ptolemaic system | astronomy | Britannica.com [PAR] Ptolemaic system, mathematical model of the universe formulated by the 
Alexandrian ... it starts by assuming that the Earth is stationary and at the centre 
of the universe. .... with the Almagest of Ptolemy, who worked in Alexandria in the 
2nd century ad. ... in universe (astronomy): Astronomical theories of the ancient 
Greeks. [DOC] [TLE] Claudius Ptolemy | 2.0How Did Our Understanding of the ... [PAR] Ptolemy was the only great astronomer of Roman Alexandria. ... Ptolemy 
synthesized Greek knowledge of the known Universe. ... proposed in 1543 that 
the Sun, rather than the Earth, belonged in the center. ... Ptolemy's book was 
translated into Latin in the 12th century and known as The Almagest, from the 
Arabic name. [DOC] [TLE] Understanding Astronomy: Before Copernicus - Physics [PAR] Second, you'll understand the facts of astronomy better if you know a little about 
why ... Is the earth unique, occupying a special place at the center of the universe
? ... In the ancient Greek epicycle model of planetary motion, each planet is ... 
work of Ptolemy, an astronomer who lived in Alexandria during the second 
century... [DOC] [TLE] Nicolaus Copernicus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [PAR] Nov 30, 2004 ... He put the earth in the center of the universe and contended that these ... By the 
second century, when Ptolemy compiled his Almagest (this common name of ... 
Not all Greek astronomical ideas followed this geocentric system. ... Rosen (1971
, 345) suggested that Copernicus's interest in determining... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Astronomy, Science And The Ancient Greeks - Explorable.com [PAR] The Ancient Greek philosophers refined astronomy, dragging it from being an .... 
Heracliedes was the first to suggest the sun as the center of the universe, a 
concept that would ... by the planets, the sun, the moon, and the spherical earth at

Question: In the "Almagest", this 2nd century Greek astronomer suggested the Earth was the center of the universe
Answer: Ptolemy