Why Do the Sun and Moon Get Bigger Near the Horizon? | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 83914344 United States 08/09/2022 02:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Actually, and I haven't even watched the video, THEY DON'T GET BIGGER. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83849900 If you had actually tried to look at and measure it for yourself you would know this Of course you don't do that, because you are a dumb flerf who only watches youtube videos and parrots the nonsense contained within. Triggered! Take your bullshit to hell with you, when you run out of time. It's coming. |
The Albuquerque Statesman
User ID: 27629959 United States 08/09/2022 03:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I always figured it was because everything else gets smaller at the horizon and they are bigger than everything else. When they are above, there's just no comparison. Everything else you see is way up close to you, with nothing at any distance anywhere near the Sun and Moon for comparison, when they are above. It is only when they get near distant objects that you know have faded to a fraction of their size that you have anything like a comparison between the apparent size of them and other things. I might watch the video too. 230 here, but 0 there. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80688984 United States 08/09/2022 04:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | anyone can go try this, compare your thumb at arms length to the moonand see how big the moon is when its near the horizon and then a few hours later when its high in the sky. ITS THE SAME, its an optical illusion that its lager near the horizon because its near objects your mind can relate size to vs in a giant open sea of nothing. Quoting: SwampCreature Its like a great dane near some football players on the bench is big, a great dane in the center of the field looks small Clearly, your thumb is getting bigger closer to the horizon. |
MrCoolone
User ID: 33106931 United States 08/09/2022 05:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | astronomers at 30 degrees latitude with their telescopes all pointed north at polaris....but the damn sun keeps getting in the way..... Quoting: 11Pythagoras11 https://imgur.com/ILDEwfK Maybe because the sun is only 3000 miles up… The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77597314 United States 08/09/2022 07:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | astronomers at 30 degrees latitude with their telescopes all pointed north at polaris....but the damn sun keeps getting in the way..... Quoting: 11Pythagoras11 [imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Maybe because the sun is only 3000 miles up… The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles Distance between earth and moon is around 3000 miles Distance between earth and sun is around 3000 miles. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 83985989 Netherlands 08/09/2022 08:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | astronomers at 30 degrees latitude with their telescopes all pointed north at polaris....but the damn sun keeps getting in the way..... Quoting: 11Pythagoras11 [imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Maybe because the sun is only 3000 miles up… The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles When, where and how was the radius of Earth established? It's NEVER been scientifically established what the radius of the Earth is. It's all based the a assumption that Venus is the same size as Earth. Most people don't know this - even brainiacs, NASA-tards don't know this. |
11Pythagoras11
User ID: 83718384 United States 08/09/2022 08:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's easy to measure the earth...... Just sail or drive north ....you will find that polaris rises above the horizon an equal amount for each equal length you travel.. . This is geometrically impossible on a flat surface.....it can only happen on a circular surface with your target a great distance away.. Everytime you travel 69.12 miles....polaris will rise 1 degree..... When you've traveled 1036.8 miles....polaris will be 15 degrees higher than when you started..... Thats 1/24th of a full 360 degree circle... 1036.8 x 24 = 24883.2 miles.....the circumference of the earth..... Divide by pi and you get the diameter of earth. ... This is basic navigation 101.... This is what the astrolabe and sextant were invented for....and why the grid of equally distant lines of latitude was established.... Simply measure the angle of polaris above the horizon and you have your latitude.... Last Edited by 11Pythagoras11 on 08/09/2022 09:14 AM |
MrCoolone
User ID: 33106931 United States 08/09/2022 10:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | astronomers at 30 degrees latitude with their telescopes all pointed north at polaris....but the damn sun keeps getting in the way..... Quoting: 11Pythagoras11 https://imgur.com/ILDEwfK Maybe because the sun is only 3000 miles up… The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles Distance between earth and moon is around 3000 miles Distance between earth and sun is around 3000 miles. Flat earthtard's don't even have a reliable map, a model, nor an 8th grade education, yet you want to lecture us on your what your make believe distances are. Got it!!! DISMISSED! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77076357 United States 08/09/2022 11:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles Distance between earth and moon is around 3000 miles Distance between earth and sun is around 3000 miles. Flat earthtard's don't even have a reliable map, a model, nor an 8th grade education, yet you want to lecture us on your what your make believe distances are. Got it!!! DISMISSED! Our map and model is Earth, education nonwithstanding… |
MrCoolone
User ID: 33106931 United States 08/09/2022 11:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: MrCoolone The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles Distance between earth and moon is around 3000 miles Distance between earth and sun is around 3000 miles. Flat earthtard's don't even have a reliable map, a model, nor an 8th grade education, yet you want to lecture us on your what your make believe distances are. Got it!!! DISMISSED! Our map and model is Earth, education nonwithstanding… Since the majority of flat earthtards don't have an 8th grade education, all a flat earthtard would have to do is to hire a licensed surveyor and have a geodetic survey completed to accomplish this goal. The licensed surveyor will strive for precision and accuracy, will make the corrections for C+R, the curvature of the earth plus lens refraction. A licensed surveyor is flawless and infinitely accurate in there measurements, day after day. Measurements that a flat earthtard will never be able to accomplish do to their bias, denial and ignorance. These measurement are repeatable on a global scale. When a Flat earthtard tells an employer that they're indeed a flat earthtard, they are telling them that they are incapable of being educated, they rather sit around on their lazy ass looking at flat earth porn and lucky if they can count to 10. Last Edited by MrCoolone on 08/09/2022 11:22 AM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80141479 United States 08/09/2022 07:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | astronomers at 30 degrees latitude with their telescopes all pointed north at polaris....but the damn sun keeps getting in the way..... Quoting: 11Pythagoras11 [imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] Maybe because the sun is only 3000 miles up… The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles Distance between earth and moon is around 3000 miles Distance between earth and sun is around 3000 miles. Bounce a radio signal off the Moon and time the return and you get a distance of about 240,000 miles. Measure the angle of the Moon in the sky at the same time as another observer in a separate location and do the math and you get a distance of about 240,000 miles. We know the Sun is farther because the moon passes in front of it. The 3,000 mile myth comes from the misuse of Eratosthenes experiment where he measured the circumference of the Earth. Flat Earthers claim you can take the intersection of the angles from the shadows to get the height of the Sun. But they NEVER add a third point and check that. Because they know if they do then it will NOT intersect with the other two. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76988072 United States 08/09/2022 07:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles Distance between earth and moon is around 3000 miles Distance between earth and sun is around 3000 miles. Bounce a radio signal off the Moon and time the return and you get a distance of about 240,000 miles. Measure the angle of the Moon in the sky at the same time as another observer in a separate location and do the math and you get a distance of about 240,000 miles. We know the Sun is farther because the moon passes in front of it. The 3,000 mile myth comes from the misuse of Eratosthenes experiment where he measured the circumference of the Earth. Flat Earthers claim you can take the intersection of the angles from the shadows to get the height of the Sun. But they NEVER add a third point and check that. Because they know if they do then it will NOT intersect with the other two. Yes, the sun is very slightly farther, but everything else you said is bullshit. |
MrCoolone
User ID: 33106931 United States 08/09/2022 08:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: MrCoolone The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles Distance between earth and moon is around 3000 miles Distance between earth and sun is around 3000 miles. Bounce a radio signal off the Moon and time the return and you get a distance of about 240,000 miles. Measure the angle of the Moon in the sky at the same time as another observer in a separate location and do the math and you get a distance of about 240,000 miles. We know the Sun is farther because the moon passes in front of it. The 3,000 mile myth comes from the misuse of Eratosthenes experiment where he measured the circumference of the Earth. Flat Earthers claim you can take the intersection of the angles from the shadows to get the height of the Sun. But they NEVER add a third point and check that. Because they know if they do then it will NOT intersect with the other two. Yes, the sun is very slightly farther, but everything else you said is bullshit. You can't just make chit up or say that someone's wrong, or 99.9% of information is against a spherical earth without backing it up. You have to actually make and support points. You don't have high ground to demand information. Please take some time to find some specific evidence. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80141479 United States 08/11/2022 06:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: MrCoolone The distance moon to earth 238,855 miles. The distance moon to sun is 92,955,828 miles Distance between earth and moon is around 3000 miles Distance between earth and sun is around 3000 miles. Bounce a radio signal off the Moon and time the return and you get a distance of about 240,000 miles. Measure the angle of the Moon in the sky at the same time as another observer in a separate location and do the math and you get a distance of about 240,000 miles. We know the Sun is farther because the moon passes in front of it. The 3,000 mile myth comes from the misuse of Eratosthenes experiment where he measured the circumference of the Earth. Flat Earthers claim you can take the intersection of the angles from the shadows to get the height of the Sun. But they NEVER add a third point and check that. Because they know if they do then it will NOT intersect with the other two. Yes, the sun is very slightly farther, but everything else you said is bullshit. Prove it. Bet you can't and won't even try. |
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