Is there any reason to choose Copernicus over Ptolemy?

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Is there any reason to choose Copernicus over Ptolemy?​

Der Kurstgunstein Einfalt Mathematisher Raritaten Erstes Hundert. So is there really any reason to choose Copernicus vs. Ptolemy? Copernicus is also wrong (the sun is not the centre of the solar system, and planets do not move in circles.
How many epicycles did Copernicus need?
COPERNIKUS (1473-1543) Ptolemy by now required 40 epicycles: Orbits circular (so still need epicycles) motion of Mercury & Venus “unlocked” from sun. Lack of parallax because fixed stars are very far away So why did people at the time belive in Copernicus?
Is Copernicus right or wrong?
Copernicus is also wrong (the sun is not the centre of the solar system, and planets do not move in circles. However, the real tests come with Galileo (observation of the phases of Venus and the Moons of Jupiter) and Newton (supplied a theory which would allow the calculation in detail) (the warmup exercise!).

How did Tycho Brahe compare his observations to Copernicus and Ptolemy?​

On May 1, 1564, the longitudes of Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter were the subject of Tycho’s first recorded comparison between his own observations and the predictions of Ptolemy and Copernicus. Tycho compared his observations to two ephemerides, those of Johannes Stadius and Giovanni Battista Carello, published in 1556 and 1557 respectively.

How many epicycles are there in Copernicus’s model of the Solar System?
In summary, Copernicus’s model of the solar system contains approximately the same number of epicycles as Ptolemy’s, the only difference being that Copernicus’ epicycles are much smaller than Ptolemy’s. Indeed, the model of Copernicus is about as complicated, and not appreciably more accurate, than that described in the Almagest.
What did Copernicus do wrong with his model of mercury?
Like Ptolemy, Copernicus introduced an additional spurious epicycle into his model of Mercury’s orbit, and erroneously allowed the inclination of his planetary orbits to vary slightly in time.