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Technology & Information / MOVED: Mathematics of a sphere
« on: January 04, 2016, 04:25:56 AM »
Thank you for the demonstration. I'm moving this to Flat Earth General because flat-earth topics are almost never talked about in the Tech and Info forum.
http://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=4280.0
http://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=4280.0
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Flat Earth Community / MOVED: Tengo traductor Google me preguntó nada
« on: December 03, 2015, 05:40:00 PM »27
Suggestions & Concerns / MOVED: What is the problem with the other Flat Earth Society Forum Website ?
« on: September 25, 2015, 05:41:02 PM »31
Flat Earth Theory / How Clouds Once Again Prove Flat-Earth Theory
« on: June 17, 2015, 06:11:49 PM »
Have you ever seen rays of light shining down through the clouds? Something like this?
If you trace the rays back to an origin, you'll find that the sun must be very, very close to the earth which is consistent with flat-earth theory. The sun is certainly not ~8.5 light minutes away like round-earth theory states.
To prove flat-earth theory, sometimes it really is as simple as looking out your window.
If you trace the rays back to an origin, you'll find that the sun must be very, very close to the earth which is consistent with flat-earth theory. The sun is certainly not ~8.5 light minutes away like round-earth theory states.
To prove flat-earth theory, sometimes it really is as simple as looking out your window.
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Flat Earth Community / Proving a Flat-Earth Using Round-Earth Maths
« on: February 28, 2015, 12:51:03 AM »
So, I was doing some flat-earth research for a colleague and I ran across some facts about CN Tower that, among other things, boasted about being able to see ~100 miles on a clear day (fact 12). This seemed fishy to me so I dusted off some triganometry and used arc cosine to find out how far you can see from the observation deck before the "round-earth" curves away.
Given Values
Height of the observation deck: 1,135 feet
Generous height of eye level: 6 feet
Elevation of Toronto: 249 feet
Mean Radius of the Earth at sea level (lol) = 20,903,520 feet
h = Height of observation deck + Generous height of eye level + Elevation of Toronto
R = Mean radius of the Earth (lol)
h= 1390 feet
R= 20,903,520 feet
Formula
How far you can see if you were on a sphere = R*ACOS(R/(R+h))
How far you can see if you were on a sphere = 20925524.9*ACOS(20925524.9/(20925524.9+1390))
How far you can see if you were on a sphere = 241,057.18 feet
How far you can see if you were on a sphere = 45.65 miles
45.65 miles isn't 100 miles... not by half. The only possible way you can see landmarks 100 miles away, such as Niagara Falls as they boast, is if the earth is flat. They even make note to say that it can only be seen on a clear day! Or, exactly what you would expect to see on a flat-earth.
Given Values
Height of the observation deck: 1,135 feet
Generous height of eye level: 6 feet
Elevation of Toronto: 249 feet
Mean Radius of the Earth at sea level (lol) = 20,903,520 feet
h = Height of observation deck + Generous height of eye level + Elevation of Toronto
R = Mean radius of the Earth (lol)
h= 1390 feet
R= 20,903,520 feet
Formula
How far you can see if you were on a sphere = R*ACOS(R/(R+h))
How far you can see if you were on a sphere = 20925524.9*ACOS(20925524.9/(20925524.9+1390))
How far you can see if you were on a sphere = 241,057.18 feet
How far you can see if you were on a sphere = 45.65 miles
45.65 miles isn't 100 miles... not by half. The only possible way you can see landmarks 100 miles away, such as Niagara Falls as they boast, is if the earth is flat. They even make note to say that it can only be seen on a clear day! Or, exactly what you would expect to see on a flat-earth.