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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Visibility of the ISS

« on: April 10, 2023, 08:45:19 PM »

THe object could have passed through a section of the sky at an angle causing it to be occulted by another object in the sky.

That's quite literally what we observe. The Earth's shadow is cast onto the ISS, and that is why it disappears while above the horizon. As far as it being occulted by ANOTHER object, I'd like to know what object you're referring to. Remember that it needs to be big enough to make the ISS completely disappear while above the horizon.

It could have been occulted by a cloud lying between its location and the sun.

I see shiny airplanes flying overhead all the time, then they are no longer shiny.

Even if the ISS was obstructed by a cloud, how does it happen so consistently every night the ISS can be observed and why has it never been observed to leave the shadow of the cloud and reappear in the night sky again. Every time I see it disappear, it never reappears unless it has circled the earth and reappeared back on the horizon again. On top of all of this, if the ISS is commonly obstructed from the sun by clouds, then there would certainly be many instances where the ISS would appear high in the sky and not at the horizon because it would be obstructed.

You are asking me to account for your experiences.

How or why could I even do that?

Observing the ISS is very easy as long as you are in the right place. There are numerous websites that will tell you when and where exactly to look for the ISS. If you are in a location on earth where observing the ISS is impossible, you can simply look for smaller satellites. Though this is harder to do, it is still very possible.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Visibility of the ISS

« on: April 10, 2023, 06:10:38 PM »

THe object could have passed through a section of the sky at an angle causing it to be occulted by another object in the sky.

That's quite literally what we observe. The Earth's shadow is cast onto the ISS, and that is why it disappears while above the horizon. As far as it being occulted by ANOTHER object, I'd like to know what object you're referring to. Remember that it needs to be big enough to make the ISS completely disappear while above the horizon.

It could have been occulted by a cloud lying between its location and the sun.

I see shiny airplanes flying overhead all the time, then they are no longer shiny.

Even if the ISS was obstructed by a cloud, how does it happen so consistently every night the ISS can be observed and why has it never been observed to leave the shadow of the cloud and reappear in the night sky again. Every time I see it disappear, it never reappears unless it has circled the earth and reappeared back on the horizon again. On top of all of this, if the ISS is commonly obstructed from the sun by clouds, then there would certainly be many instances where the ISS would appear high in the sky and not at the horizon because it would be obstructed.

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Flat Earth Theory / Visibility of the ISS

« on: April 03, 2023, 05:02:05 AM »

Hello. Recently I was able to observe the ISS and after spending a couple minutes moving through the night sky, it disappeared very suddenly while it was still very high above the horizon. In a RE, this can be explained by the station moving into the shadow of the earth. Since it is under my understanding that in FE, the sun just moves around in circles over the surface of the earth and therefore, any satellites including the ISS would constantly be in full view of the sun. If I am correct, then the ISS would be constantly illuminated by the sun. This however is not the case and my question is how does FE explain satellites suddenly disappearing as they move through the night sky. Thank you.