What feature of Kepler's system eliminated the need to appeal to Ptolemy's epicycles?
A) Circular orbits
B) Elliptical orbits
C) Heliocentrism
D) His discovery of Jupiter's moons
E) His discovery of irregularities in heavenly bodies
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A)ideas
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A)the Renaissance
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