Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Solar System and Orbits.
Small circular paths that planets were thought to follow while moving along a larger circular orbit, used by Ptolemy to explain retrograde motion.
epicycles appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Astronomy, especially Solar System and Orbits and Structure Changes.
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