FLAT EARTH DEBATE THREAD
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First of all, I'm not 100% bought into a FE model - although I am leaning that way. It's always wise to have a little bit of skepticism with any model one adheres to. You can call me a Spheroid Agnostic. Second, I'll readily admit that there are some conundrums in the FE model, but there are actually issues in both Spheroid Earth and Flat Earth models that can't be explained or seem counterintuitive. A current lack of explanation doesn't negate the entire model.
Whether Man has been to the moon has been discussed at length in this forum. Nothing new can be added here. Search.
They just might. The highest altitude a plane has flown is 123,523 feet. That's 23 miles up. In the Flat Earth model it is surmised that the Sun and Moon are roughly 3000(+-) miles up. So in that plane, those heavenly bodies may have appeared larger. A passenger plane, however, flies at only41,000 feet. That's a dismal 7 miles up. To the naked eye, the Sun and the Moon may not appear to be much larger at that hight.
Simple.
According to flat earthers the earth is a disk and the sun (which is actually a lot smaller and a lot closer to us than what scientists would have you believe) hovers and moves around over this disk.
Seasons happen because the sun doesn't stick to the same path. When it's summer in the northern half of the disk (you can't call it the northern hemisphere, a hemisphere is a half of a SPHERE) that is because the sun is closer to that part of the disk, when it's winter in the north it is because the sun is hanging out over the southern half-disk.
Model of seasonal paths in Flat Earth: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-2cec772233e8cfa4067f3b92a142d346-pjlq
Models showing day and night: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Q6JIZKE2GZEBXIV4ENMHWVNY4E.gif&w=540
Round Earth far better explains many issues, including moon phases.
I didn't say "whether man has been to the moon" I said can aircraft get there in FE model since the sun and moon are so close to the Earth?
Even at 10% increase in distance would show a drastic increase in size.
The sun and moon just oscillate in area of orbit season to season because...?
Modern Mechanics describes how on a Flat Earth the sun can be computed to 3,000 miles via triangulation, whereas on a globe earth those same angles can calculate the sun to nearly 93 million miles away:
Image: https://wiki.tfes.org/images/thumb/e/ea/Xlg_globe_3.jpg/500px-Xlg_globe_3.jpg
Round earthers cant explain why, with all the massive amount of movement the Earth is experiencing (1000mph rotation, 55,000mph around the Sun, and our solar system moving 500,000mph through our galaxy and our galaxy is moving too) why we see the same constellations in the sky and Polaris never moves. That's a problem for Round Earthers.
Ive given the altitudes that our best planes can reach, and mentioned the supposed height the Sun is located at in the FE model. Your answer lies therein.
I'm not sure exactly what your asking here? If I follow your question, then I would answer, "Because that's what they were created to do."
Sure we can, our galaxy and solar system are both moving at high speeds. The constellations become visible and disappear over the horizon based on season.
There is no means for FE to explain that unless the stars also rotate very quickly around the Earth in a circular fashion. No idea what stars would be in a FE model.
Polaris is in the North sky, which the axis of the Earth rotates around.
https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/polaris-the-present-day-north-star/
3000 miles is a lot different than 94 miles or whatever you had listed before pre edit.
What, mechanically speaking, causes the Sun and Moon to change orbits in a FE model? Your answer right now is "they just do." In a RE model they only very slightly change orbits due to oval rather than circle movement and fluctuations in gravity.