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Why Did Copernicus Hesitate to Consider Alternatives to the Ptolemaic

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Why did Copernicus hesitate to consider alternatives to the Ptolemaic Universe?


A) A heliocentric Universe contradicted Christian theology at the time.
B) There was no way to prove uniform circular motion.
C) New star formation showed no parallax.
D) Most people already believed in a heliocentric Universe.
E) His mathematics could not disprove Ptolemy's epicycles, deferents and equants.

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