Astronomy has been a hobby of mine since I got my first telescope and Dad and I set it up in the backyard to watch for skylab.
I have seen Lunar libration with my own eyes. At any one time only 50% of the moons surface is visible but libration allows you to see another 9%, over time. I have seen the normally invisible Mare Orientalis, the largest crater on the moon, coming over the horizon during a libration.
I have seen the rings of Saturn where they disappear behind the planet. I have watched the moons of Jupiter and Saturn disappear around the backside and have done the math myself to figure out when they would reappear.
I have also tracked Orion across the sky and done the accompanying math to predict its position. I track the movement of Polaris to note the progress of it moving on and Vega becoming the new North Star. I have fun with the math. They are like puzzles for me. And this all is useful for orienteering.
Pythagoras sundial in 500 BC proved the earth is round. Aristotle wrote:
"Again, our observations of the stars make it evident, not only that the Earth is circular, but also that it is a circle of no great size. For quite a small change of position to south or north causes a manifest alteration of the horizon."
Eratosthenes first did the math predicting the circumference of the earth.
Fucking 2500 years the world has known or suspected that heavenly bodies are spherical and you have the psyop neanderthal idiots claiming it is flat. Former C_A Director William Casey said:
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."
Utter nonsense. Also, we lost so much science thanks to Genghis Khan burning the Baghdad library, which at the time was one of the centerpieces of Persian science. Also turkey used to be one of the main science centers of the Ottoman Empire, and in fact, Turkey is where we get the shroud of turin, where it was originally protected after the death of christ. We have lost so much human knowledge over the centuries is just crazy. Great comment, frog.
One of the flat earthers favorite 'proofs' is that nobody has actually seen the curvature of the Earth. Look through a telescope and you can see for yourself the curvature of the moon. Sail on the sea with only a clock and astrolabe for navigation.
Astronomy has been a hobby of mine since I got my first telescope and Dad and I set it up in the backyard to watch for skylab.
I have seen Lunar libration with my own eyes. At any one time only 50% of the moons surface is visible but libration allows you to see another 9%, over time. I have seen the normally invisible Mare Orientalis, the largest crater on the moon, coming over the horizon during a libration.
I have seen the rings of Saturn where they disappear behind the planet. I have watched the moons of Jupiter and Saturn disappear around the backside and have done the math myself to figure out when they would reappear.
I have also tracked Orion across the sky and done the accompanying math to predict its position. I track the movement of Polaris to note the progress of it moving on and Vega becoming the new North Star. I have fun with the math. They are like puzzles for me. And this all is useful for orienteering.
Pythagoras sundial in 500 BC proved the earth is round. Aristotle wrote:
Eratosthenes first did the math predicting the circumference of the earth.
Fucking 2500 years the world has known or suspected that heavenly bodies are spherical and you have the psyop neanderthal idiots claiming it is flat. Former C_A Director William Casey said:
Flat earth is utter nonsense.
Utter nonsense. Also, we lost so much science thanks to Genghis Khan burning the Baghdad library, which at the time was one of the centerpieces of Persian science. Also turkey used to be one of the main science centers of the Ottoman Empire, and in fact, Turkey is where we get the shroud of turin, where it was originally protected after the death of christ. We have lost so much human knowledge over the centuries is just crazy. Great comment, frog.
One of the flat earthers favorite 'proofs' is that nobody has actually seen the curvature of the Earth. Look through a telescope and you can see for yourself the curvature of the moon. Sail on the sea with only a clock and astrolabe for navigation.
Utter nonsense.
Right? Fuckwits!
Question for you:
have you personally seen landing sites on the moon?
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