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re: Shaq thinks the Earth is Flat
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:55 am to Peazey
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:55 am to Peazey
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The earth appears to “fall away” with distance. The curved shape of the earth means that the level surface through the telescope will depart from the horizontal plane through the telescope as the line of sight proceeds to the horizon.
Effects of Curvature are:
Rod reading is too high
Error increases exponentially with distance
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