The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIt's what makes us special!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down15
arrow-up1162arrow-down1imageIt's what makes us special!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnd the sun should be a little ball above the Earth. Exactly how high and how big is not sure.
minus-squareContravariant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou also shouldn’t ask how it manages to light only half of an otherwise flat earth I suppose. Best explanation I saw involved light curving. At which point you’re just working with a spherical earth in a weird coordinate system.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoExplanations for lunar and solar eclipses get silly too. Mercury and Venus passing in front of the sun is just ignored as it wouldn’t fit between the Earth and the sun.
And the sun should be a little ball above the Earth. Exactly how high and how big is not sure.
You also shouldn’t ask how it manages to light only half of an otherwise flat earth I suppose.
Best explanation I saw involved light curving. At which point you’re just working with a spherical earth in a weird coordinate system.
Explanations for lunar and solar eclipses get silly too. Mercury and Venus passing in front of the sun is just ignored as it wouldn’t fit between the Earth and the sun.