In fact Copernicus's theory had more epicycles than the geocentric one. It was an objectively worse theory at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernica

In fact Copernicus's theory had more epicycles than the geocentric one. It was an objectively worse theory at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism