Copernicus proposed his theory because
A) he thought that Ptolemy's theory was too messy and that his was more "fitting."
B) it was obvious to most educated people by that time that Earth orbits the sun.
C) Ptolemy's theory was known to be wrong.
D) it was more in line with Church thinking than was the pre-Christian Greek theory.
E) it fit the data taken by Tycho Brahe.
A
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