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>>11180682
5) Why does the sun move through the sky at a constant rate?

In the flat Earth model, because the sun is strafing over the Earth, it should be moving faster through the sky around midday, and fade off into the distance much more slowly. But this isn't what we observe, the sun moves through the sky at a constant rate day by day. And we can literally see it dipping below the horizon.

>>11111888
4) If the Sun were strafing the Earth as in the flat Earth model, it would be moving much faster through the sky around midday, and slow down near sunrise/sunset

But this is not what we observe, we see the sun marching through the sky at a consistent angular velocity.

>>11035704
#4 in the flat Earth model, the sun should accelerate through the sky. Going fastest around midday, and slowing down around sunrise and sunset. But we observe a constant angular motion through the sky