phenomenon
| round earth
| flat earth
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sun
| a fantastically gigantic ball of gas powered by fusion; earth and other planets orbit in a non-geocentric universe [that made me giggle]
| Probably a sphere, 32 miles in diameter, powered by fusion but burning at a slower rate than expected due to its incredible mass, orbiting on a plane roughly parallel to the earth's around a fixed point which is above the approximate center of the earth.
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sunrise/set
| an optical illusion makes it appear to visibly rise from and set below the horizon due to the earth's revolving around the sun.
| An optical illusion makes it appear to visibly rise from and set below the horizon; a glare effect causes its apparent size to stay roughly the same as it moves across the sky.
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solar eclipse
| moon passes between the earth and the sun as predicted in advance by well-established orbital mechanics; only happens during new moon
| Moon passes between the earth and sun as predicted in advance by well-established mathematical equations; only happens during new moon (as if that's somehow relevant).
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lunar eclipse
| earth aligns between moon and sun as predicted in advance by orbital mechanics; only happens during full moon
| Shadow object passes between the moon and earth as predicted in advance by mathematical equations; only happens during full moon (when has an FEer ever claimed otherwise?).
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shape of earth
| spherical, slightly oblate due to rotation, finite mass and gravitation
| Flat, theoretically finite mass (though we can never be sure unless we were to see the edge of the earth) and gravitation (whatever exactly you mean by that).
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shape of sun/moon/planets
| spherical
| Probably spherical, but since we've never observed one up close we can't really be sure (although rotation is certainly an observable property of some planets with a powerful telescope, making them in all likelihood spherical).
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other stars
| similar to sun, of varying size and mass, scattered throughout the milky way in various non-random densities
| Small motes of chemical energy in a layer above the earth rotating around the same barycenter as the sun. They are fixed in place somehow so that they all make a rotation once every 24 hours.
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other galaxies
| similar to the galaxy in which we reside, the milky way; scattered throughout the known universe; formations of stars, gas, and dust; having various sizes, shapes, and aggregate masses; complies with observational evidence
| Pretty much the same explanation as the stars. They may be larger and on a higher layer. Complies with observational evidence.
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formation of earth and solar system
| condensed out of gas and dust, orbits and rotations preserving original overall angular momentum
| The earth condensed out of gas and dust, but somehow due to its mass (which is much larger than anything else in the observable universe) developed an extremely strong dark energy field, causing upward acceleration and ended up flat. The planets simply formed out of gas and dust, developing their own much weaker dark energy fields.
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sinking ship effect
| through high magnification, the tops of sails of sailboats appear below surface of even calm water (e.g. toronto pics); due to curvature of earth, partially compensated for by terrestrial refraction
| A trick of perspective caused by obstructions in the foreground progressively obscuring the boat from the bottom up, combined with the density of the atmosphere which causes objects to be obscurer the further away they are.
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clouds lit by sun from bottom at sunset
| at sunset the clouds are angled slightly away from sun due to curvature of earth, furthermore crystal-clear evidence that the sun gets "below" the level of clouds as it sets
| Optical illusion; mechanism unknown.
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satellites visible to naked eye crossing the sky at certain times on clear moonless nights
| there are man-made satellites in orbiting around the earth; they reflect light from the sun when it is well below observer's horizon, during a range of time between dark, and before the satellites fall behind earth's shadow; usually dim (depending on satellite) but easily visible in motion against background stars with the naked eye
| Strattelites, a fact well protected by the conspiracy.
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north celestial pole, every object beyond solar system completes one orbit in one day
| an easy-to understand artifact of earth's orbit; requires nothing extra to explain, and no magical physics that every object in the observable universe must obey
| The stars are somehow fixed in place, probably in the same layer, so that they all complete their orbit in the same amount of time. Requires no "magical physics" (lol).
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south celestial pole
| same as north, but in southern hemisphere; like the north, it's relative location in the sky is the same, at any time, any month, any place in southern hemisphere
| like north, also star cluster of tiny chemical motes; Like the north, its relative location in the sky is the same, at any time, any month, any place in the southern hemisphere (Why wouldn't it be? Isn't that what's observed?).
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why do we see the same face of the moon
| like every major moon in our solar system (and mercury with the sun), our moon is tidally locked with its orbited planet; like the other moons, "locked" is a slight misnomer as there is a slight wobble throughout the course of a lunar month
| It... just doesn't rotate.
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moon phases
| unlit side of the moon as we see (the shadow) from 360 degrees, one night at a time, throughout the moon's orbit of earth
| Unexplained (hey, we don't have all the answers, but who does?).
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moon stays the same size as it crosses the sky
| basic orbital mechanics predicts this [That's an answer?]
| Optical illusion explained by glare (see: sun).
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rotation of hurricanes depending on hemisphere
| corilois effect as result of a rotating round earth
| Coriolis Effect as result of celestial gears.
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things experimentally weigh less high on mountains.
| slightly smaller effect of gravitational attraction farther from the majority of earth's mass
| Stars exert slight gravitation on objects on earth that is stronger the higher up the object is.
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shape and size of earth determined regularly by global earthquake monitoring stations, and man-made seismic experiment
| delays in and directions of primary readings, as well as secondary reflections and refractions, are consistent with a round earth
| Again, unknown.
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nasa photos
| hundreds of thousands, if no millions of photos from hundreds of missions, with not a single one demonstrating something other than a consistent picture of round earth orbital mechanics
| Every single one was faked, including those published in the '60s which were computer-generated or altered using secret technology that the public did not know about.
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strange wanderings of planets over weeks, months, and years
| round-earth orbital mechanics, of which earth is part of, worked this out hundreds of years ago, and with highly predictable precision decades ago
| They move in unusual but predictable patterns, probably accelerated by their own much smaller dark energy fields.
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seasons
| easily explained with the tilt of earths axis and it's effect as the earth orbits the sun
| Slight tilting of the sun's orbit above the earth. The physics, obviously, must be interpreted differently from a flat earth perspective.
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tides
| gravitational effect readily predictable based on location of sun and moon relative to earth, and earth's rotation
| Pretty much unexplained (the prevailing theory is a wobbling of the earth; also possibly an "antimoon" beneath the earth affecting things as the moon above the earth does), but perfectly predictable.
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midnight sun in antactic circle
| same explanation as perpetual night/day in antarctic - tilt of earth's axis relative to position in orbit
| Optical illusion caused by reflection of the sun off ice crystals.
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There. It showed a typical round earth bias, but I fixed it with the accurate information.