Message from @SirVagabondNYC
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that last one doesn't make sense
Oh it does, it shows the sun shrinks, ergo moving away, an not millions of miles away
by that logic you'd still be able to see it at night
ive never seen it shrink
You know it 🙂
its always been the same size
also by the argument that last image gave wiuth the sun
@SirVagabondNYC can you show your work where you found that over 10 miles we should see 66.6 feet of drop?
sure brother...
the curvature equation is 8" per mile (squared)
so 10 squared is 100
100 * 8" = 800"
800" / 12 (to get feet)
yes.
that's a lot of feet
indeed
and?
Is it not 8 inches per mile?
7.96
8 inches per mile is a slope
not a curve
if its a slope then we all stand on a cone
7.96*10 ≠ 66 feet
you didnt square the miles brother
Well is it 7.96 per mile or per mile squared
per mile squared
the 7.96 is the inches that you have to multiply
to the distance
Why are we squaring a linear distance?
if you want to be exact here is the constant
7.853(39) cm/km^2
So the curve is exponential it’s not additive?
thats not exponential