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Science history is littered with really cool ideas that turned to be wrong. Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum is one of my favorite examples. Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-kepler-used-dd-dice-to-model-the-universe Nick Lucid - Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid - Producer Alexis Dahl - Content Consultant ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Geocentrism: https://youtu.be/yC74lhJX9Ck Is Gravity A Force? https://youtu.be/qVsaLZs7kag ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Vsauce on the Mysterium Cosmographicum: https://youtu.be/WkIeQzqauo8 ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM For Direct Support, Merch, and Products: https://www.scienceasylum.com For Alternative Support Options... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum Sign-Up for Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/scienceasylum YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Orderlies: Chloë Joan López, Dhruv Singhal, James Smith, Joel Wolhendler, Peter Engrav Einsteinium Crazies: Benjamin Sharef, Dan Sullivan, Eoin O'Sullivan, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Kevin Flanagan, Matias Cveczilberg Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Kevin MacLean, Rick Myers Platinum Crazies: Clayton Bruckert, Christopher Bennett, David Johnston, E. W. Darbyshire, JJS, Jonathan Reel, Li-Ce Hu, Marino Hernandez, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Ulrich ________________________________ SOURCES Kepler's Papers: - Mysterium Cosmographicum https://risingtidefoundation.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/kepler-mysterium.pdf - Astronomia Nova https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/astronomianovaa00kepl - Harmonice Mundi https://books.google.com/books?id=rEkLAAAAIAAJ Info about the Cosmographicum: https://thatsmaths.com/2016/10/13/keplers-magnificent-mysterium-cosmographicum/ https://www.cyphertext.net/gfish/Kepler2017.pdf https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/KeplersMysteriumCosmographicum/ Info about Kepler: https://books.google.com/books?id=N1vLAgAAQBAJ Info about Planets: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/_edu/pdfs/scaless_reference.pdf ________________________________ FEATURED COMMENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVsaLZs7kag&lc=UgzaEBQuTASZ-O9ORTN4AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS Portraits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JKepler.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tycho_Brahe.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uraniborgskiss_90.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22The_School_of_Athens%22_by_Raffaello_Sanzio_da_Urbino.jpg Platonic Solid Elements: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ioanniskepplerih00kepl_0081.jpg ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Intro 00:39 Johannes Kepler 01:26 Geocentrism 02:08 Platonic Solids 03:05 Mysterium Cosmographicum 04:41 Tycho Brahe 05:02 Our New Website 05:28 Kepler Learns He's Incorrect 06:03 Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion 07:12 Closing Thoughts 08:01 Featured Comment