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Post by oldie on Apr 9, 2024 9:40:48 GMT 7
"Hey Dad, can you explain how an eclipse works?"
"No son"
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Post by siampolee on Apr 9, 2024 10:42:47 GMT 7
Plain proof that your knowledge of the event left you completely in the dark...  |
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Post by rott on Apr 9, 2024 15:03:56 GMT 7
I looked at some headings and only saw the usual like 'cojoined twins', 'boeing jet loses parts', 'Donny Trump sues'.  Yeah that's what happens when they have a solar eclipse. People start growing extra heads and planes fall from the sky. I never knew that oldie, no wonder they're worried. |
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Post by oldie on Apr 9, 2024 17:15:05 GMT 7
Why is the shadow so small? Because someone felt pity for all those fools down there. This was actually a serious question. If the moon is several thousand miles wide, and the sun is 7 light minutes away and 4 times the distance from Earth to the moon; shouldn't the shadow be several thousand miles wide? I could probably work it out for myself but I'm too lazy. I'll give Pythagoras a ring. |
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Post by oldie on Apr 9, 2024 17:18:10 GMT 7
Or the Earth really is flat, and you lot are going to boil for eternity in your pit of iniquity surrounded by naked women and loud music.
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 9, 2024 17:36:57 GMT 7
Because someone felt pity for all those fools down there. This was actually a serious question. If the moon is several thousand miles wide, and the sun is 7 light minutes away and 4 times the distance from Earth to the moon; shouldn't the shadow be several thousand miles wide? I could probably work it out for myself but I'm too lazy. I'll give Pythagoras a ring. Earth to moon = 385k kms Earth to sun = 150 million kms |
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Post by oldie on Apr 9, 2024 17:38:54 GMT 7
This was actually a serious question. If the moon is several thousand miles wide, and the sun is 7 light minutes away and 4 times the distance from Earth to the moon; shouldn't the shadow be several thousand miles wide? I could probably work it out for myself but I'm too lazy. I'll give Pythagoras a ring. Earth to moon = 385k kms Earth to sun = 150 million kms Shadow 10km. I'm missing something. |
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 9, 2024 17:58:35 GMT 7
Earth to moon = 385k kms Earth to sun = 150 million kms Shadow 10km. I'm missing something. It's not 4 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon, |
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Post by oldie on Apr 9, 2024 18:09:03 GMT 7
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Post by oldie on Apr 9, 2024 18:10:26 GMT 7
Shadow 10km. I'm missing something. It's not 4 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon, The diameter of the sun is 4 times the distance from Earth to moon? What's that make it, a million k's? |
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 9, 2024 18:18:44 GMT 7
It's not 4 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon, The diameter of the sun is 4 times the distance from Earth to moon? What's that make it, a million k's? Ah, now I understand where you are! it makes it 1.4 mill kms. |
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Post by rubl on Apr 9, 2024 19:06:26 GMT 7
Because someone felt pity for all those fools down there. This was actually a serious question. If the moon is several thousand miles wide, and the sun is 7 light minutes away and 4 times the distance from Earth to the moon; shouldn't the shadow be several thousand miles wide? I could probably work it out for myself but I'm too lazy. I'll give Pythagoras a ring. You might be right BUT only if the Sun were to be 4 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. In non-flat-Earth space the Moon is on average 384.400 km away. The Sun about 150.000.000 km. |
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 9, 2024 20:33:29 GMT 7
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 9, 2024 20:44:59 GMT 7
This was actually a serious question. If the moon is several thousand miles wide, and the sun is 7 light minutes away and 4 times the distance from Earth to the moon; shouldn't the shadow be several thousand miles wide? I could probably work it out for myself but I'm too lazy. I'll give Pythagoras a ring. You might be right BUT only if the Sun were to be 4 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. In non-flat-Earth space the Moon is on average 384.400 km away. The Sun about 150.000.000 km. We've been down that road, wrong answer apparently. I think this has something to do with Australian kms vs Western kms and the way in which Australians count. The first part is the same, 1,2,3,4 etc but when you get to 1,536,000 the Ozzies then jump to 150,000,000. It saves a lot of time I must confess but I doubt it will catch on in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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Post by oldie on Apr 10, 2024 6:09:49 GMT 7
This was actually a serious question. If the moon is several thousand miles wide, and the sun is 7 light minutes away and 4 times the distance from Earth to the moon; shouldn't the shadow be several thousand miles wide? I could probably work it out for myself but I'm too lazy. I'll give Pythagoras a ring. You might be right BUT only if the Sun were to be 4 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. In non-flat-Earth space the Moon is on average 384.400 km away. The Sun about 150.000.000 km. I got confused between diameter and distance, after a 14 hour shift. Well they both start with D. |
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