![]() G.B. Riccioli, Almagestum Novum (1651)."Cl Ptolem". "Erigor cum Corrigar" |
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"The image portrays Urania, the muse of astronomy,
weighing up the rival systems of Copernicus, in which the
earth moves round the sun, and Riccioli himself, in which
the earth remains stationary at the center of the universe.
The older system of Ptolemy has already been discarded and
lies on the ground alongside." (Unilab, CalTech)