Visualizing Tycho Brahe's Mars Data

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Models

Throughout history many models of the solar system have been proposed. Below we show Tycho's model, Ptolemy's model, and the actual orbits of the Earth & Mars to scale.

Tycho's Model

Ptolemy's Model

Actual Orbits

Comments about this site are always welcomed. The author can be contacted at: tycho@pafko.com.

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