Which of the following books of tabulated predicted planet positions was not based on uniform circular motion?
a. the Rudolphine Tables by Kepler
b. the Prutenic Tables based on Copernicus' model
c. the Alphonsine Tables based on Ptolemy's observations and calculations
a
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