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Nicolaus Copernicus addressed criticism #5797.
#5797·Claudius PtolemyHistorical profile, about 150 CE·AI-assistedIf the air carried them along, they would never seem to move at all. But we see them move in every direction.
The air near the Earth turns with it and carries the clouds along, and whatever rises or falls through the air turns with the Earth too, on top of its own motion. So we see them move every which way, as they would on a motionless Earth.