Going by wiki, Copernicus’ system had more epicycles.
Whoops, you’re right. It seems as though Copernicus dropped an equant at the cost of adding even more epicycles. Hardly an unambiguously preferable trade-off.
Going by wiki, Copernicus’ system had more epicycles.
Whoops, you’re right. It seems as though Copernicus dropped an equant at the cost of adding even more epicycles. Hardly an unambiguously preferable trade-off.