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Is Earth round or flat❓
This is nonsensical. Thats your intelligent counter argument ??... the whole idea of a non-spherical Earth is completely non-sensical, as is every comment you have made attempting to support your flawed idea (not even a theory), which can be scientifically picked apart in an instant by anyone with basic knowledge. Explained again for you (below), this time in greater detail... to counter your simplistic and dumbed down simplification that fails to acknowledge or understand scale. The constellations haven’t significantly changed over thousands of years despite Earth's and the Sun's incredible motions because of the vast distances between Earth and the stars. This is why: Stellar Distances Are Immense: The stars in constellations are incredibly far away, ranging from tens to thousands of light-years. A light-year is about 5.88 trillion miles, meaning that even though Earth, the Sun, and the entire solar system are moving through space, these motions are minuscule compared to the scale of the cosmos. Relative Motion: The constellations appear fixed to us because their relative positions on the celestial sphere change extremely slowly over time. This is due to the fact that the stars themselves are also moving through the galaxy, but their motion, known as proper motion, is so small from our perspective that it takes tens of thousands to millions of years to become noticeable. Human Observation Timeframe: Humanity has only been observing the stars in detail for a few thousand years, a blink of an eye in cosmic terms. Over longer timescales, constellations do change shape, but these changes are imperceptible on the scale of a human lifetime or even recorded history. Earth’s Movements Are Local: The Earth's rotation at ~1,000 mph and its orbit around the Sun at ~66,600 mph are local motions confined to the solar system. They don't significantly alter our line of sight to distant stars. The Sun’s motion around the galaxy at ~450,000 mph is more significant, but the galaxy is vast, so the Sun's position relative to most stars changes only slightly over thousands of years. Precession and Small Shifts: Earth’s axial precession (a slow wobble of its rotation axis) over ~26,000 years causes shifts in which stars are seen at different times of the year, but the constellations themselves remain recognisable. Minor changes in constellations have been recorded, but they are subtle and require precise measurements. In summary, while Earth and the Sun are moving at high speeds, the immense distances to the starts make their apparent positions stable over the relatively short timescale of human history. Over millennia or millions of years, constellations will change, but these changes are gradual and take an extraordinary amount of time to become evident. But.. I'll put it in very simple terms if you still struggle with the above. Think of a plane in the sky: Vast Distances: A high-altitude aircraft looks almost stationary because it's far away, even if it's moving fast. Similarly, stars are so far that their motion appears negligible. Relative Motion: Just as two aircraft at different distances can appear to stay in the same spot relative to each other, stars move so slowly relative to us that we don’t see changes over thousands of years. Short Observation Time: Watching an aircraft for a minute won’t reveal much about its journey. Similarly, a few thousand years of human observation is too short to notice major shifts in constellations. Local Motion: A low-altitude aircraft appears to move fast across the sky because it’s close. Earth and the Sun’s motion are like the low aircraft, they’re significant locally but negligible relative to the stars. Slow Changes: A high aircraft will seem to move slowly across the sky. Over long periods, constellations do change, but like the high plane, the changes are too gradual to notice in the short term. -
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Jeju Air Flight from Bangkok Skids Off Runway at Muan Airport, 28 Dead
…+ 45 minutes of fuel in the tanks after landing (unless the aircraft dumps fuel in case of emergency). -
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Jeju Air Flight from Bangkok Skids Off Runway at Muan Airport, 28 Dead
Yes but in that scenario the plane destroys barrier rather than barrier destroys plane - passengers live. If the next solid object is half a mile away then the plane will have slowed down and might not disintegrate/explode on impact. I maintain my thinking that putting an unbreakable plane destroying death wall at the end of a runway is a poor design choice. -
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Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: ‘I have many H-1B visas on
Well spotted, yes, they are very good regarding this subject.... -
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Thai Senate Approves Landmark Change to Child Discipline Law
Are there any parents here who have never hit their kids? I spanked mine just a couple of times when they did something dangerously bad. -
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Israeli military loosened rules of engagement at start of Gaza war
No you weren't. You didn't say that. -
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Si Racha: Two Women Injured in Motorcycle Crash Avoiding Dog
Luckily the dog escaped injury & its Thai owner did not have to grieve. UK was like this 70 years ago so maybe in a hundred years Thailand will have caught on.
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