Thanks for posting. Now I get why Kepler was hell bent on trying to fit the orbits of the 5 known planets (at his time) with the 5 platonic solids [1]. This pa

Thanks for posting. Now I get why Kepler was hell bent on trying to fit the orbits of the 5 known planets (at his time) with the 5 platonic solids [1]. This part of Kepler's life is very nicely depicted in Carl Sagan's Cosmos [2]. It seemed interesting when I watched it, but I didn't give it much thought back then. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler#Mysterium_Cosmographicum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler#Mysterium_Cosmo... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBA8DC67D52968201&feature=player_detailpage&v=ICHDl0olsS0#t=2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBA8DC67D52968201&featur...