Orbital Dynamics Part 06 The Heliocentric Model
Channel: Jon Toellner
Date: 2019-03-03

A basic course on Orbital Dynamics. Part 06 teaches the heliocentric model that puts the Sun at the center of the solar system.

0:00 Introduction
1:11 Retrograde Motion of Mars
2:32 Geocentric Explanation of Retrograde Motion—Deferents and Epicycles
3:07 Fourier Series Estimation
4:06 Ptolemaic System and Hipparchus' Improvements
5:33 Copernicus' Heliocentric System
6:57 Heliocentric Model of Retrograde Motion
7:40 Geocentric versus Heliocentric Systems
8:11 Confirmation of Heliocentrism
10:00 Confirmation of Heliocentrism—The Phases of Venus
11:26 Pope Urban Places Galileo Under House Arrest
12:51 Heliocentric Model with STK
13:18 Geocentric Model with STK
14:04 Philosophy of Science—Criteria of a Theory
17:33 The Solar System Moving Through the Galaxy
18:15 Conclusion