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==External links== {{Commons category|Epicycle}} *[http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/theories/ptolemaic_system.html Ptolemaic System] β at Rice University's Galileo Project *[https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath639/kmath639.htm Eccentrics, Deferents, Epicycles, and Equants] at MathPages ===Animated illustrations=== *[https://www.foothill.fhda.edu/astronomy/astrosims/ptolemaic-system/ Ptolemaic System Simulator], interactive, Foothill College. *[https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/OrbitsWithEpicyclesOnADeferent/ Orbits with Epicycles on a Deferent], interactive, Wolfram Demonstrations. *[https://www.khanacademy.org/computer-programming/animate-epicycles/4520289299857408 ANIMATE: Epicycles], interactive JavaScript coding example, Khan Academy. *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVuU2YCwHjw Ptolemy and Homer (Simpson)] Reconstruction of a planet's bizarre orbit with Ptolemy's system of epicycles and deferents. {{Ancient Greek astronomy}} [[Category:Ancient Greek astronomy]] [[pl:Deferent]]
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