Ptolemaic system

Etymology
From +. After Greek-Roman astronomer (c. 90 - c. 168 AD), who explained the theory in an influential work.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A geocentric model of the solar system, described by the eponymous astronomer.
 * 2) * 2005 February 20, Owen Gingerich, "‘Big Bang’: The Real Creation Science" (review of Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe by Simon Singh),  (retrieved 7 Nov 2012) :
 * Singh [...] criticizes the Ptolemaic system for its "inordinately complex" heaps of epicycles on epicycles, but declares that in some respects it was more accurate than the Copernican system.
 * 1) * 2005 February 20, Owen Gingerich, "‘Big Bang’: The Real Creation Science" (review of Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe by Simon Singh),  (retrieved 7 Nov 2012) :
 * Singh [...] criticizes the Ptolemaic system for its "inordinately complex" heaps of epicycles on epicycles, but declares that in some respects it was more accurate than the Copernican system.