Given that a geocentric universe is (mathematically) only a matter of the choice of a reference frame, explain why the Ptolemaic model of the universe was able to survive scrutiny for such a long period of time.

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Given that a geocentric universe is (mathematically) only a matter of the choice of a reference frame, explain why the Ptolemaic model of the universe was able to survive scrutiny for such a long period of time.  

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