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Originally posted by scepticsRus
Now thats really pushing logical thinking _Del_ well done....thats quite a fantasy trip your taking there.
No i have not orbited the planet, but i have been on a plane and i have also seen the curvature o the earth over the horizon.
k, I will stay where i am ... you walk off to the horizon and if i see you disappear from sight then the earth must have a curvature.
.... please proove me wronge.
Originally posted by scepticsRus
Some simple math will tell you the angle of curvature from your location and the location of the north star.
Some simply geometry will allow you to mesure the cirfumfrence of the earth as well ....
The earth is not a perfect sphere either, it is flattened at the poles this means that the strength of gravity is affacted at those areas.
.... please proove me wronge.
Originally posted by more_serotonin_pls
I can't believe I'm reading this...
How do satellites orbit then? How does one sail around the world?
So, are geosynchronous satellites just hovering like a helicopter or what? coz that's kinda impressive if they are...
Please. Give me a break.....
[edit on 20-4-2008 by more_serotonin_pls]
Originally posted by more_serotonin_pls
I can't believe I'm reading this...
How do satellites orbit then? How does one sail around the world?
So, are geosynchronous satellites just hovering like a helicopter or what? coz that's kinda impressive if they are...
Please. Give me a break.....
[edit on 20-4-2008 by more_serotonin_pls]
Originally posted by skyblueff0
I'm sorry logician magician, I'm more the hollow earth type guy...lol j/k..but its sure more interesting....
I see where your going at but come on. But, your imply that the earth is as thin as a crust. So if we were to dig a few miles we'll be able to get to the other side.
Not to mention how gravitational field of earth won't be evenly distribute and how that might effect the rotation and relative distance of the moon and the earth. How would the earth be able to rotate on its axis?
Originally posted by logician magician
Originally posted by more_serotonin_pls
I can't believe I'm reading this...
How do satellites orbit then? How does one sail around the world?
So, are geosynchronous satellites just hovering like a helicopter or what? coz that's kinda impressive if they are...
Please. Give me a break.....
[edit on 20-4-2008 by more_serotonin_pls]
Put a DVD in front of you, and imagine something orbiting the planar disc. It just orbits around like a needle on a record player. For geosync satellites, imagine that the record is moving the same speed as the needle.
Originally posted by Toy_soldier
reply to post by _Del_
If someone wanted to travel from the "centre" of Antartica to the East or West then they'd never stop travelling. They'd just be going forever and never reach a coast.
And if they wanted to travel South then they'd end up at the end of the world!
If the world were flat then there would have to be an end to it. Why haven't we found it?
Originally posted by Breifne
Any tangible evidence of this theory or is it just a theory? Any pics. without the gravitional effects on the earth? Surely the sun would shine on anything that is flat all of it at one time?
Well, it is Sunday afternoon, I might as well relax and enjoy it while it is here.
Originally posted by logician magician
Einstein has proven long ago that there is no absolute frame of reference. I don't know why someone would force themselves to travel in a circle around antarctica when the disc Coriolis effect gives everything a propensity to travel toward the center of the disc.
Originally posted by scepticsRus
oh .... my ...... god
remember, you want to put forward your argument so its up to you to prove it and not for us to prove otherwise.
give us mathematical proof of :-
- proof the earth is flat
- how gravity works on your model
- how orbital physics work based on the flat earth.
- how eclipse's work on your model.
we're all waiting on your resposes...... no rush !