Just a quick question . . .

I was just sitting here thinking about these two flat earth models when this simple question came into my mind.

The FAQ says this:

Q: "What is the circumference and diameter of the Earth?"

Circumference: 78,225 miles
Diameter: 24,900 miles

Who measured it and what method did they use to obtain these measurements?

This doesn't really apply to the infinite plane model for obvious reasons.

God whispered a FE'er.

The surface Area of the earth is 510,072,000 km. Surface area of a sphere is the area of that same sphere flattened out.

A= pi(r^2)

510,072,000/pi  = 162,360,960.3

sqrt(162,360,960.3) = 12,742.09403

r= 12,742.09403 x 2 = 25484.18806

Pretty close, right?

and circumference is just that times pie. Just looking at the diameter now, it's definitely around 78k.

How do you know what the surface area of a flat earth is? All the flatters love to bang on about how it's nearly impossible to reach the legendary Ice Wall^TM, so the area south  of Australia, South Africa and South America has obviously never been reliably charted in terms of distance from there to the edge. So how can the flatter's estimate of area be anything more than a rough guess?

The surface Area of the earth is 510,072,000 km. Surface area of a sphere is the area of that same sphere flattened out.

A= pi(r^2)

510,072,000/pi  = 162,360,960.3

sqrt(162,360,960.3) = 12,742.09403

r= 12,742.09403 x 2 = 25484.18806

Pretty close, right?

and circumference is just that times pie. Just looking at the diameter now, it's definitely around 78k.

So, someone took the surface area of the spherical earth and flattened it out. Was this an arbitrary decision of was it a democratic decision by all FE'ers? Let's face it, it's very complementary to the RE'ers and just a bit ironic that the FE'ers couldn't come to a decision without a spherical earth.   


Anyway, that bit in bold in your quote? That's something you eat. The word you were looking for is pi.  However the radius of the flat earth is 12450 miles and Area = pi r^2 and that equals 486,954,715 square miles so not that close

First of all, I said the surface area of the Earth. Also don't call be a 'FE'er' because the earth is clearly round. You asked where they got the numbers and I gave you an explanation. Sure they aren't exact, but mathematically that's close considering you KNOW that they pretty much made that number up. For a 'rough guess' it's close.

And Squat, clearly I know what pi is, since I used it twice before I made a typo. I don't like justifying my math knowledge on the internet, so please don't question it. 

If they take measurement of the spherical earth as a basis for a flat earth, they accept that nasa et al who measured the globe were actually correct.  therfore they are playing down their own conspiracy theory and mocking them selves.