Channel: The Science Asylum

Category: Education

Description: They say you can fit 1.3 million Earths in the Sun... but according to sphere packing math, my own Python code, a scale model; that can't be true. Let's find out how many Earth's actually fit in the Sun. 00:00 Cold Open 00:41 Reality 01:24 Sphere Packing 02:10 Cannonball Problem 05:09 Unit Cell 07:11 Sphere Packing in Spheres 09:21 Python Code 10:58 Scale Model 13:11 Calculation 15:07 Summary 16:13 Outro 16:34 Featured Comments Nick Lucid - Creator/Host/Writer/Editor/Animator Vanessa R Bradley - Thumbnail ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Solar Fusion and Quantum Tunneling: youtu.be/lQapfUcf4Do Combinatorics on Dice: youtu.be/zBa5TWXfDEo Hawking Radiation: youtu.be/rrUvLlrvgxQ ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Matt Parker and Steve Mould: youtu.be/3inLMXcetUA Numberphile: youtu.be/CROeIGfr3gs ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: patreon.com/ScienceAsylum Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE PATRONS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Brian Webber, Fabio Manzini, Josiah Gleaton, Medec Hurtz, ProDan Einsteinium Crazies: Eoin O'Sullivan, Glen Northrop, Ilya Yashin, Joseph Salomone, Ken Davis, LT Marshall, Wacky Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Madhu Subbu Platinum Crazies: André Weyermann, Cody Martin, David Johnston, Jon Adams, Jonathan Reel, Kyle Bowles, Marcus Barcelos, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Stephen Blinn, Tom Hawking, Vittorio Monaco ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES Cannonball Problem: daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/Cannonball_Problem.html Sphere packing in spheres (data): oeis.org/A084829 oeis.org/A084827/a084827.txt Old British Accent: mentalfloss.com/article/643213/history-by-mail-subscription-service ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS youtube.com/watch?v=rrUvLlrvgxQ&lc=UgxJ4YMl2kLi5lXGW-54AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=rrUvLlrvgxQ&lc=UgwsfvWCBSoFaxxcnUZ4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=rrUvLlrvgxQ&lc=UgxzuxqUrWZ77_LEg1d4AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Sir Walter Raleigh: loc.gov/pictures/item/2004672792 Thomas Harriot: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ThomasHarriot.jpg Johannes Kepler: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_Kepler_1610.jpg Thomas Hales: quod.lib.umich.edu/p/psda1ic/x-2b0c0b4268/URECORD_1998_HALETHOMAS_THOMASHALES-F16 Used with Permission from Michigan Photography, a University of Michigan department.