Skeptical Thinker Podcast

We are looking at the science and story behind the movement of the planet Earth through the Apsides, or the nearest and farthest point the Earth is away from the sun.

Show Notes:

Here's the link for creating your own Ellipse I spoke about during the show.

 https://youtu.be/WBWYNgfDkqI

My sources for information for today's podcast are:

https://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s7.htm

https://www.space.com/what-is-perihelion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/1-4020-4520-4_14

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler#Mysterium_Cosmographicum

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-4/Kepler-s-Three-Laws

http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/nicole/teaching/ASTR505/lectures/lecture08/slide11.html