The Almagest is a(n)
A) detailed multivolume account of a heliocentric cosmology produced by ancient Greek astronomers.
B) collection of ancient data and predictions of positions of the Sun, the Moon, and the planets, compiled by Ptolemy.
C) Renaissance book describing in detail the development of a heliocentric universe, with elliptical orbits, the law of equal areas, and the harmonic law.
D) ancient book describing the construction of Stonehenge.

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The Almagest is a mathematical and astronomical treatise proposing the geocentric model of the universe, where the Earth is at the center, and it was written by the ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy.

The Almagest Is A(n)