Plato believed the sun to be in perfect orbit and the planets in perfect orbit around the sun according to god’s plan. According to earthsky.org. “The orbit of the sun around the galaxy is actually considerably more complicated than those of the planets. It’s not a simple ellipse. As we make our way around the Milky Way, the sun also bobs up and down through the plane of the galactic disk.” Were Plato alive today, with over 2,500 years of scientific advances between his life and now, his views on just about everything scientific would have undergone a seismic shift.