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A Nonstandard Helical Model of the Solar System

DjSadhu · Demo · 3 min · 2012 · YouTube title: The helical model - our solar system is a vortex
Why it's here

HN mostly cites it as the closest available visualization of the Earth's path through space, with caveats that it is exaggerated and inaccurate.

What it covers

An animation presenting a non-standard helical or vortex model of the solar system, in which the planets trail the Sun through space instead of orbiting in flat circles. The model is a non-conventional view that the author says differs from standard diagrams.