•Plato 427 – 347 B.C. Simple motion using spheres Perfection
of the heavens,
•Eudoxus 390
– 337 B.C. Retrograde
motion
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•Aristotle 384 – 322 B.C. Shape of Earth, Multiple Spheres
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•Eratosthenes
~200 B.C. Size of the Earth
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•Ptolemy ~150 A.D. Models for planetary motion