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Solar eclipses in FE
« on: May 27, 2019, 05:27:52 PM »
https://wiki.tfes.org/Solar_Eclipse
Tells us that eclipse paths look 'rather odd' in RE while the depiction of a flat Earth map (which I didn't think was supposed to exist) shows lovely regular arcs.  Well not everything in nature has to be geometrically perfect to work. His religiously influences beliefs that the planetary orbits had to be perfect circles meant that Kepler could not get his predicted planetary positions to match the observed positions recorded by Tycho. But as soon as he ditched his perfect circular orbits and made his orbit paths elliptical, so the problem was solved.

So what is this part of the FW Wiki supposed to prove?

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Re: Solar eclipses in FE
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2019, 09:17:00 PM »
Quality content there:

Quote from: Pete Svarrior
these waves of smug RE'ers are temporary. Every now and then they flood us for a year or two in response to some media attention, and eventually they peter out. In my view, it's a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

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Re: Solar eclipses in FE
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2019, 09:40:48 PM »
Mmmm..  a striking similarity between the path shown on the flat Earth map and the horizon outline on my planisphere!
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