Caption: A cartoon of the full Ptolemaic system.
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He had to use extra hypotheses to get the order.
The main hypothesis was that planets all move at about the same speed in space. Therefore, the slower a planet moved in angle, the farther away it must be.
Since the angular velocities do change, Ptolemy had to use other considerations to fully determine his order.
He knew NO other distances which is why he didn't get the correct Solar System model.