thumb|The Ptolemaic geocentric planetary model showing the epicycles of the planets and the Moon Although the basic tenets of Greek geocentrism were established by the time of Aristotle, the details of his system did not become standard. The Ptolemaic system, developed by the Hellenistic astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus in the 2nd century AD, finally standardised geocentrism. His main astronomical work, the Almagest, was the culmination of centuries of work by Hellenic, Hellenistic and Babylonian astronomers. For over a millennium, European and Islamic astronomers assumed it was the correct cosmological model. Because of its influence, people sometimes wrongly think the Ptolemaic system is identical with the geocentric model.
thumb|The Ptolemaic geocentric planetary model showing the epicycles of the planets and the Moon Although the basic tenets of Greek geocentrism were established by the time of Aristotle the details of his system did not become standard The Ptolemaic system developed by the Hellenistic astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus in the 2nd century AD finally standardised geocentrism His main astronomical work the Almagest was the culmination of centuries of work by Hellenic Hellenistic and Babylonian astronomers For over a millennium European and Islamic astronomers assumed it was the correct cosmological model Because of its influence people sometimes wrongly think the Ptolemaic system is identical with the geocentric model