Here is a simple proof the earth is close to a sphere:
All the flat earth models talks about a disk with the North pole at the center of the disk.
This means travelling from west to east (or vice versa) on the same parallel would take longer and longer more south you are.
However, on a sphere, this will get longer and longer until you reach the equator where then it takes shorter and shorter.
If you look at air plane flights time from New Zealand to Sydney Australia, it takes about the same time as from Orlando, FL to Albuquerque, NM. Both of these trajectories are at the same distance from the equator, one North of it and the other South of it, and both have the same timezone crossing to deal with. If the earth was flat, it would take the longest time to go around the earth when you are near the South pole, but in reality it is just as short as when you are near the North pole.
CHeck it out, the flight time for these flights and then wake up.
Earth is an oblate ovoid, meaning that because of centrifugal force it is somewhat wider along the equator than it is North-to-South. Sort of like an egg, just not as extreme.
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23164575? ago
Here is a simple proof the earth is close to a sphere:
All the flat earth models talks about a disk with the North pole at the center of the disk.
This means travelling from west to east (or vice versa) on the same parallel would take longer and longer more south you are.
However, on a sphere, this will get longer and longer until you reach the equator where then it takes shorter and shorter.
If you look at air plane flights time from New Zealand to Sydney Australia, it takes about the same time as from Orlando, FL to Albuquerque, NM. Both of these trajectories are at the same distance from the equator, one North of it and the other South of it, and both have the same timezone crossing to deal with. If the earth was flat, it would take the longest time to go around the earth when you are near the South pole, but in reality it is just as short as when you are near the North pole.
CHeck it out, the flight time for these flights and then wake up.
23164643? ago
Earth is an oblate ovoid, meaning that because of centrifugal force it is somewhat wider along the equator than it is North-to-South. Sort of like an egg, just not as extreme.
23164710? ago
Yes indeed, not an exact sphere, that's why I said "close to a sphere", but that doesn't change anything about my statement.
23164737? ago
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