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← HistoryWhich consequence resulted from accumulating empirical data of planetary motion prior to Kepler?
A)Refinement of Ptolemaic epicycles✓
B)Acceptance of heliocentric orbits
C)Replacement of geocentric principles
D)Disuse of predictive astronomical tables
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Refinement of epicycles become essential for improved geocentric model accuracy because observational discrepancies emerged over long timelines; therefore Ptolemaic models received continued complex updates, rather than wholesale replacement by entirely different astronomical paradigms.
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