The modelling for the movement was simple: The Moon rotated on a cycle, whose center was itself rotating on a cycle centered at Earth (see [2] from [1],) but th

The modelling for the movement was simple: The Moon rotated on a cycle, whose center was itself rotating on a cycle centered at Earth (see [2] from [1],) but the part of the antikythera mechanism that was devised to simulate this was purely brilliant! [1] https://physics.weber.edu/schroeder/ua/BeforeCopernicus.html https://physics.weber.edu/schroeder/ua/BeforeCopernicus.html [2] https://physics.weber.edu/schroeder/ua/Epicycle.png https://physics.weber.edu/schroeder/ua/Epicycle.png