Had 16th century Astronomers had the power to re-arrange the orbits of the planets according to their theories, the results would certainly not have been the sa

Had 16th century Astronomers had the power to re-arrange the orbits of the planets according to their theories, the results would certainly not have been the same, so even from that particularly mathematical point of view, they were still incorrect. This isn't mere pedantry, a good example of epicylic type theories being used to modify the system under study, can be found today in modern economics.