Davy Stone
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I had an idea for an experiment that would either provide evidence for the flat earth model or the heliocentric model depending on the results.
Using the flat earth model, the sun orbits a circle above the earth. The circle should have the greatest diameter during the Summer Solstice, and I believe that diameter is approximately 11,500 miles (correct me if I'm mistaken).
Using basic geometry the sun would travel 36,110 (11,500 * 3.14) miles in a 24 hour period resulting in a speed of 1504.58 mph or 672.60 meters/sec.
I think some calculus is required to determine the actual speed that the sun would be moving away or toward an observer in an arc, but I imagine it would not be much less that the speed I calculated.
That speed should be enough to measure a small amount of red or blue shift in light coming from the sun.
Does anyone know if an experiment like this has been performed? If so can you please provide a link? Or is my idea faulty on some level?
I don't prescribe to the flat earth theory and I think the results of this experiment would be worth looking into, if only to debunk that aspect of the flat earth model. And it wold definitely raise some questions if a significant shift were measured.
Using the flat earth model, the sun orbits a circle above the earth. The circle should have the greatest diameter during the Summer Solstice, and I believe that diameter is approximately 11,500 miles (correct me if I'm mistaken).
Using basic geometry the sun would travel 36,110 (11,500 * 3.14) miles in a 24 hour period resulting in a speed of 1504.58 mph or 672.60 meters/sec.
I think some calculus is required to determine the actual speed that the sun would be moving away or toward an observer in an arc, but I imagine it would not be much less that the speed I calculated.
That speed should be enough to measure a small amount of red or blue shift in light coming from the sun.
Does anyone know if an experiment like this has been performed? If so can you please provide a link? Or is my idea faulty on some level?
I don't prescribe to the flat earth theory and I think the results of this experiment would be worth looking into, if only to debunk that aspect of the flat earth model. And it wold definitely raise some questions if a significant shift were measured.