No.. In fact by the standards of the day, an circular orbit is more elegant. Think about circles within circles and the entire universe revolving around you. T

No.. In fact by the standards of the day, an circular orbit is more elegant. Think about circles within circles and the entire universe revolving around you. To some extent, models that made less assumptions tend to be more correct.. but I think those are few and far between. We are now trying to explain very small discrepancies (by human scale) and the models are necessarily more complex.