Sentence examples for on its epicycle from inspiring English sources

The planet moves counterclockwise on its epicycle.

Ptolemy equated the maximum distance of the Moon in its eccentric orbit with the closest approach of Mercury riding on its epicycle; the farthest distance of Mercury with the closest of Venus; and the farthest of Venus with the closest of the Sun.

As in the planetary theories of Hipparchus's day, a planet travels uniformly around its epicycle while the centre of the epicycle moves around Earth on an off-centre circle.

Wash it on its own.

Rotate it on its butt.

Put it on its back.

Rotate it on its axis.

Lay it on its side.

Turn it on its side.

Try putting it on its back gently.

It was on its roof".