Plato's Universe

Plato’s Universe is a simulation of the geocentric model of the universe that was popularized by Plato in the Timaeus in 360 BC. The model was later formalized with mathematical rigor by Ptolemy in ~100 AD. Unlike what most would suspect of an earth centered model of the universe, Ptolemy’s model was unreasonably accurate in it’s predictions. The model used epicycles to describe the movement of th…