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.
Take a globe and a disk. Travel on the same longitude on both between 2 identical latitude (timezone related)
On the disk, the further away from the center (North Pole) you are, the longer it takes to travel.
On the globe, at first, the further away from the North Pole you are, the longer it takes to travel, but then reverse once you are at the equator.
Now, pick 2 cities in the Southern Hemisphere, and 2 in the Northern hemisphere that satisfy this and check the flight time.
I have given you 2 cites, but correction, it's not Orlando but Atlanta to Albuquerque
Atlanta, GA -> Albuquerque is equivalent to Auckland, NZ to Sydney, Australia (or reverse the direction of flight to get the best one - favorable wind direction for both)
You will notice the flight time are about the same.
Also, if you pick 2 other cities near the equator, you will notice that they have longer flight time than those 2 above.
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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.
23164784? ago
It's not. You're a dumb faggot.
23165480? ago
That's the kind of way libtards reply - no counter proof, just denying blindly.
I provided a proof: flight time - travel time - implying same distance. And this is your counter argument?
23167227? ago
You did not, you just said " flights are longer" that is not proof of anything.
23168053? ago
Let me rephrase it so you get my point:
Take a globe and a disk. Travel on the same longitude on both between 2 identical latitude (timezone related)
On the disk, the further away from the center (North Pole) you are, the longer it takes to travel.
On the globe, at first, the further away from the North Pole you are, the longer it takes to travel, but then reverse once you are at the equator.
Now, pick 2 cities in the Southern Hemisphere, and 2 in the Northern hemisphere that satisfy this and check the flight time.
I have given you 2 cites, but correction, it's not Orlando but Atlanta to Albuquerque
Atlanta, GA -> Albuquerque is equivalent to Auckland, NZ to Sydney, Australia (or reverse the direction of flight to get the best one - favorable wind direction for both)
You will notice the flight time are about the same.
Also, if you pick 2 other cities near the equator, you will notice that they have longer flight time than those 2 above.
2 cities:
Colombia, Sri Lanka <-> Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
Globe
Flight
23178868? ago
rephrase all you want but without, y'know, actual flight times, you're just talking, not proving!!!
23183698? ago
Well you can easily do that yourself, but lucky for you, I did this a while back to provide this proof.
But don't have to trust me, check it out yourself.
Flight time