A fatal flaw with Ptolemy's model is its inability to predict the observed phases of
A) the Sun during an eclipse.
B) Mars and Jupiter.
C) the Moon in its monthly cycle.
D) Jupiter and Saturn.
E) Mercury and Venus.
E
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