The very earliest Greek cosmological theory, several centuries before Ptolemy, stated that
A) the planets revolve in loop-the-loops [circles within circles] around Earth.
B) the entire universe is in reality just the inside of a giant cosmic frog.
C) the planets go in simple circles around the sun.
D) the planets go in simple circles around Earth.
E) the planets revolve in loop-the-loops around the sun.
D
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