http://staff.imsa.edu/science/astro/astrometry/ground1.htmland read the whole thing*bets tom will direct me to the FAQ or E:NaG*
It's no slur if it's fact.
the sun IS far away tho, reallly far away, we know of two other planets that are even closer then we are, this isn't an assumption, it's basic fact
well for one there's basic calculation, for two there's laser targetting for distance, i kno this works for the moon and probably not for the sun .. but on the other hand, where are your calculations for the sun being close ?
please read my whole post tom, i said that it probably doesn't work for the sun, but we kno it works for the moon, and then calculation has been used for years to find distances of far off stars, planets, galaxies, and our sun
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/facts/faq04.htmlgo there, all i had to do was google it .. i kno i dont kno the calulations .. but theeeeyyy dooo lol
Quote from: WasteofHumans on March 12, 2007, 10:54:35 PMthe sun IS far away tho, reallly far away, we know of two other planets that are even closer then we are, this isn't an assumption, it's basic factHow can we tell the distance between sun and the sea-level of the earth?
The people who feast on exclamation marks will never go hungry agaaaain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cant believe in this day and age that people dont think the sun is 93 million miles away. Venus and Mercury cross in front of the sun yet you sit here and tell me its only 3000 miles away.
Quote from: sokarul on March 13, 2007, 10:02:37 AMI cant believe in this day and age that people dont think the sun is 93 million miles away. Venus and Mercury cross in front of the sun yet you sit here and tell me its only 3000 miles away. If you can demonstrate, or at least show something that implies that the Sun and Mercury are millions of miles away we'd be inclined to believe you
yes please tom, enlighten me, what kind of measuring devices did you use in order to find out the sun is 32 mi. in diameter, and only 3,000 mi. away ?
Read the FAQ and lurk more.
Duh you retard, who wouldn't use a ruler? Tom, you are a supporter, of the fe theory, while the rest of the world believes the earth is flat, therefore, you (being the minority) need to prove the majority wrong.