/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9563111
Wasted trips by forgetting pic.

>>9487773
>Is there any possibility that the earth is flat?

No.

Any flat Earth model will have 1 or 0 centers of apparent rotation of the sky, over the axis of the Earth's or sky's rotation. Since there is an observable apparent rotation of stars, nobody models a flat earth with 0. They model it with 1.

Every model I've seen puts this center of apparent rotation over the North "pole," which they model as the center of the disk. This makes sense, as most of the world's population (and a HUGE percentage of flatists, real or trolling) lives in the northern hemisphere and can see that one. A time-lapse image of this is shown here.

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>>8944918

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This model, in general, could explain this image showing Norhtern circumpolar stars. It would be predicted by that flat model, or the globe model...

Photo of circumpolar stars, looking north.

Possible under either the flat Earth or globe Earth models...

Circumpolar stars as seen from the Northern Hemisphere, as predicted by both the flat and globe models.

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Part 1 of 2 -- Here is a long-exposure picture capturing "star trails" taken from Fallbrook, CA, USA. This poses no dilemmas for flatists or flatist trolls, as you'd expect to see this from the northern hemisphere in either model.