#epicycles
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #epicycles from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-15 20:49 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
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Live pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-15 20:49 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 7 public posts (spanning ~32613 hours).
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"I see Bob is riding his bicycle, but why is he moving so strangely?" "Oh, he's not riding his bicycle. He's riding his epicycle. That's why his movement makes no sense." "He should go to Copernicus' store, and get an elliptical. Then his m
@tpfto what a great concise paper! I first encountered figures like these under the name “mystery curve”in a post by @walkingrandomly (Mike Croucher): https://walkingrandomly.com/?p=5677 It inspired me to write my own example with my intera
`Epicycles are often cited as one of the biggest problems with the Ptolemaic #geocentric model. And that is precisely what Copernicus is taking aim at here. That’s not to say that Copernicus was fundamentally against epicycles. Indeed, his
What “epicycles” means
WikipediaIn the Hipparchian, Ptolemaic, and Copernican systems of astronomy, the epicycle was a geometric model used to explain the variations in speed and direction of the apparent motion of the Moon, Sun, and planets. In particular it explained the apparent retrograde motion of the five planets known at the time. Secondarily, it also explained changes in the apparent distances of the planets from the Earth.
“Deferent and epicycle” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#epicycles across platforms
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