The image here was taken by Voyager 1 by aiming its cameras back towards the Earth and taking a series of pictures. It is called the Solar System Family Portrait.
Hypothesis 3
Eccentricity
Eccentricity is due to variation in the orbital radius of the Sun, not variation in the Earth-sun radial distance. The solar orbit is helical, origin of its Greek name "Helios".
April 10th
The Bible doesn't describe a heliocentric system, but that's okay because we don't observe heliocentricity. It's a theoretical interpretation of the empirical geocentrospheric reality: it's imaginary.