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Despite what you may have heard or learned in school, the sun is NOT in fact the center of the solar system. And it won’t be until 2027… But this being a science channel, you might be thinking “What the heck is this guy talking about? Of course the sun is the center of the solar system. We’ve known that for more than 600 years.” Like most things in science, it’s not quite that simple.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Patreon!
1:17 What if Earth WAS at the center?
2:34 Blame Aristotle
3:55 The retrograde problem
5:54 The Church's Easter crisis
6:55 Copernicus puts us in our place
9:42 Why heliocentrism isn't *actually* right
11:07 Conclusion
11:47 Go check out Overview!
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Despite what you may have heard or learned in school, the sun is NOT in fact the center of the solar system. And it won’t be until 2027… But this being a science channel, you might be thinking “What the heck is this guy talking about? Of course the sun is the center of the solar system. We’ve known that for more than 600 years.” Like most things in science, it’s not quite that simple.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Patreon!
1:17 What if Earth WAS at the center?
2:34 Blame Aristotle
3:55 The retrograde problem
5:54 The Church's Easter crisis
6:55 Copernicus puts us in our place
9:42 Why heliocentrism isn't *actually* right
11:07 Conclusion
11:47 Go check out Overview!
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High fives to all our Brain Trust Patrons:
Ed Eyden
Jennifer Burton
Charles Horton, Jr
Holly, Brett, and Ashe Bullion
Jaap Westera
Mehdi Damou
Barbora Bei
Burt Humburg
dani bowman
David Johnston
Baerbel Winkler
Eric Meer
Karen Haskell
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