gerrydandridge Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Chinahand, lets run with 3,500 miles above the north pole for Polaris on the flat earth and lets see what we get.. So how far away is the Moon? 3000 miles in flat earth terms. This is the tricky bit, people can't seem to comprehend anything that didn't come from a system text book or from a NASA scientist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 or a jaxa scientist ha ha x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Chinahand, lets run with 3,500 miles above the north pole for Polaris on the flat earth and lets see what we get.. So how far away is the Moon? 3000 miles in flat earth terms. This is the tricky bit, people can't seem to comprehend anything that didn't come from a system text book or from a NASA scientist. So presumably Polaris is much smaller than the Moon? Or does perspective work differently too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well yes if flat earth is correct then Polaris is nowhere near 5 times the size of the sun and 2 quadrillion miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 How many people are involved in covering up the "flat earth"? You have now suggested that travel companies are involved as well as several Governments and agencies and that this has been the case over centuries. So again how many people know the "truth"? This alone puts massive holes in your theories without even getting into all the pseudo science you put forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 george is skeptical and funny x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/jul/16/moon-landing-tapes-erased a bit like taping over eastenders or corrie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Gerry - you've said you are willing to go with Polaris being 3500km above the North Pole. Well - please do the maths - what altitude would Polaris have above the horizon 13,000 or so kilometers away in South Africa if the world was flat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I would expect Polaris to be approx 54 degrees above the horizon from here? I will have to wait until this evening and hope for a clear night as I think tonight is garden astronomy night for me.... Erm --- Can you explain how you worked that out, Gerry. Come on, please try and be consistent. How far away from the pole would you have to be to get an altitude above the horizon of 54 degrees if Polaris was 3500 km above the pole and the Earth was flat? [edited as I can't read and missed that Gerry had put 3500 miles - I made a mistake reading it as 3500km. OPPs. Apologies] Can you work it out for yourself, Gerry? Please try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 The world is definitely round. This thread has got back to where it first started, about 74 times now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Our eyes range of vision is from 110 to 1 degree, the smallest angle of which an object can be seen is 1/60th of a degree , so when an object is 3000 times its diameter away it will seem to disappear from sight, this can been shown by watching ships apparently sail over the horizon with the naked eye and when they eventually disappear from sight you can then reach for a telescope and you will see the ship again, hull and all, not half a ship as science and the youtube science shills will tells you. The term hull down is hundreds of years old and the arrival of telescopes (and telephoto lenses) only confirmed that the ships are really disappearing over the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Gerry - you've said you are willing to go with Polaris being 3500km above the North Pole. Well - please do the maths - what altitude would Polaris have above the horizon 13,000 or so kilometers away in South Africa if the world was flat? I said lets go with 3500 miles, not km, quite a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Gerry - you've said you are willing to go with Polaris being 3500km above the North Pole. Well - please do the maths - what altitude would Polaris have above the horizon 13,000 or so kilometers away in South Africa if the world was flat? I said lets go with 3500 miles, not km, quite a difference. Ah ... sorry. 5600 km then ... ok that works pretty well for the IOM 54.4 degrees or so. So, let's take the next step ... what do you think the altitude of Polaris is 13,000 km away in South Africa, or 5,600 km away in Spain. Please do the maths - assuming a flat earth of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Angle to Pole star,,,take your pick SOH COA TOA. I remember from O level maths. its been some time but (Distance to n.pole from IOM) / (height of Polaris above pole).....opposite, adjacent. tan-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 The world is definitely round. This thread has got back to where it first started, about 74 times now. isn't it amazing that it has over 15 thousand views, yet apparently it's just so obvious to "everyone" what shape the earth is, that's it's not even worth discussing? china seems to be the most exceptional proponent of the obvious, yet feels duty bound to reiterate just how obvious this all is to "anyone". why would anyone spend anytime at all in this thread if, even the notion of a different shape was so preposterous? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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