Debunking Claims About Earth's 'Perfect' Position

🎯 Reality Check: Sketchy 🚩

📝 Why: Earth’s orbit is already slightly elliptical, with distance from the Sun varying by about 3% every year; we survive just fine. A 10% shift would change received solar energy by about 19%, which would definitely impact the climate, but leading experts say Earth could remain habitable up to about 5% closer and 15% farther away (the “habitable zone” has fuzzy edges!). Catastrophic melting or freezing from a 10% move? Not supported by current science.

🔗 Source: NASA Astrobiology Institute, “Habitable Zones,” University of California, “How far could Earth be from the Sun and still support life?” (Geoffrey Landis, NASA Glenn Research Center)