According to the Ptolemaic model of the solar system, during retrograde motion a planet would be
A) at varying distances from Earth, sometimes closer and sometimes farther away than the average distance.
B) farther away from Earth than average.
C) closer to Earth than average.
D) always at the same distance from Earth because the planet orbits Earth in a circle in this model.
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