Reds Rhetoric | Measuring The Distance To The Sun @RedsRhetoric | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
We decided to measure the distance to the Sun because a few people were wrong on the internet.

A big THANK YOU to these amazing people
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Astronomy Live - twitter.com/AstronoLive and youtube.com/@Astronomy_live
Po’s Law - twitter.com/PoThePerson
Martymer 81 - twitter.com/MartymerM81
CoolHardLogic - youtube.com/@CoolHardLogic


Master Document
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docs.google.com/document/d/1opsw8kq0oqFgiVbSWZy_fdxshJle0DrPDbVcqv14fYU/edit?usp=sharing


Kepler’s 3rd Law
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docs.google.com/document/d/1Gn4thaDcOSJ7M3OKbeJBS87O4wYXlYQNMtKTrNLqWzI/edit?usp=sharing


Spreadsheets
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Distance to the Sun (FULL - Uses Simon Newcomb’s value for the length of the year)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19rG_Il2PQyHXuBWjdlqQrzJft35-ubp_/edit#gid=350384747

Viasat-3
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fyk01g9yUnjChqdFuI60GxRLg6y9gzrl/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108807208713144753031&rtpof=true&sd=true

Navstar-78
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VaiY9e6bVtPWP-1ly-89ceTN86Kz8RZO/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108807208713144753031&rtpof=true&sd=true

Kepler’s Calculator
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pjAFQeD3GpIirioi0r7q_M0MjjfrrALl4EdFqIub0_w/edit?usp=sharing

Distance to the Sun (Simplified)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TcCvWUiKHFKgV_LYZA0bc9tXUkGtmSYN6VA2Z5nQH7o/edit?usp=sharing


Video’s Referenced
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Observing the Sun to test the Flat Earth
youtube.com/watch?v=1V4EshOCgP4

Observing Earth's Axial Precession!
youtube.com/watch?v=mktrOnIOtWQ

Tracking a Falcon Heavy Launch from 140 Miles Away! youtube.com/watch?v=nyIlKxcBzuw

Measuring The Size Of The Earth (Supplement)
youtube.com/watch?v=8WYc-FHLGsc


Music Used
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Stellardrone - A Moment Of Stillness
Stellardrone - Twilight
Stellardrone - Gravitation
Stellardrone - Nightscape
Stellardrone - Between The Rings
Gravity Sound - Portal
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Horizon
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Odysseus
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Space Dust
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Beach Bum
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Solara
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Hackers

- timestamps -

00:00 - Intro
02:45 - Measuring the radius of Earth
05:45 - Deriving Kepler's 3rd Law
10:00 - Testing Kepler's 3rd Law
23:49 - Setting up to observe Mars
26:30 - Finding the distance to Mars
35:33 - Finding the diameter of Mars
36:42 - Historical Data
38:08 - Finding d1 and d2
38:47 - Solving for the distance to the Sun
41:06 - Thanks