One myth I want to debunk: Copernicus's theory did NOT do away with epicycles. Search on Google for "copernicus epicycle" and the first article demonstrates my

One myth I want to debunk: Copernicus's theory did NOT do away with epicycles. Search on Google for "copernicus epicycle" and the first article demonstrates my point. The one who did away with epicycles was Kepler. Copernicus believed orbits had to be perfectly circular; Kepler recognized that the data fit better into an elliptical model. It's not 100% clear whether the author believed the "myth," but hopefully I can set some people straight in this forum.