http://www.vikdhillon.staff.shef.ac.uk/teaching/phy105/celsphere/ptolemy.gif
Picture of the first model of the universe that Ptolmey had created. The Catholic church liked his model because it didn't threatened any of their beliefs and they felt like they were in the middle of the whole universe, and they knew where the "celestial bodies" were (sphere of stars).
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