Message from @RogueReflector
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Or it could be because we never see the actual sun we see the apparent position of the sun no ?
Dunno what that would do, no matter what we see the apparent position of every object
So ok u got ur pointer u check ur angles to the moon what number u get
That's just a give
Moons distance
Are they using math with s sphere or flat earth when they do that
The measured distance between the locations
That's what's used
The curve doesn’t come into play in the math ok
Wait a sec
The sun and moon are same apparent size
I used to watch Bill Nye every day as a teenager. Looking at him now though, sometimes I wish I never wasted my time.
We need to back this up a little rogue please
Sun and moon are same apparent size
Are they?
Because we have total solar eclipse and partial solar eclipses
@jeremy Some people would argue that the sun and moon being the same size is proof that God intelligently made the heavens and the earth. Some people would argue that it's evidence that an exceedingly more superior alien race artificially placed the earth and the moon into their orbit positions.
Seems the moon changes size a bit
Turns out it changes by 14%
Are u saying the sun and moon aren’t the same apparent size
It not exactly
Within about 7%
I think that's because the moons orbit is elliptical right?
Yep
sometimes it's farther and sometimes it's closer
And inclined
So we agree the sun and moon have the same apparent size
not by a lot
?
So take the cosine of that
@jeremy they're close but not quite the same
on average, the sun and moon have the same size, no?
Ok stop
Again about 7% . If you call that the same ok, but I don't
We are gonna take our measurement of the sun and moon during a solar eclipse
Right they almost perfectly match at that point in time ?
is the moon slightly bigger in apparent size?
You can't have a total solar eclipse unless the moon's apparent size is equal or greater than the sun, right?
They are extremely close can we go with that ?
Yes