5 PROOFS DEBUNKING the
FLAT-EARTH THEORy
foucault's pendulum
SUNRISE &SUNSET
One belief of Flat-Earthers is that the sun and moon are actually above the Earth and act as spotlights toward Earth.
The easiest way to debunk this is to go outside and watch a sunset or a sunrise. When the sun goes in and out of view on the horizon during dawn and dusk, it can't be acting as a spotlight.
If the Earth is flat, the sun and moon would always be above us.
It debunks the theory because when it is set in motion, it will change its course by the end of the day. It has to do with Issac Newton’s first law of motion. The external force that acts upon Foucault's Pendulum and changes its state of motion is the Earth’s rotation, thus proving that the Earth spins on its axis in orbit.
LUNARECLIPSE
TIMEZONES
If the Earth is flat, eclipses wouldn’t be a thing because it proves the Earth’s orbit around the sun. Since it is round, it casts a shadow over the entire moon.
According to the American quarterly magazine Popular Science, a lunar eclipse helped Aristotle figure out Earth’s spherical shape. He realized the phenomenon was Earth’s shadow casting onto the moon by the sun.
For time zones to exist, the Earth must rotate on its axis (which can only happen if its shape is spherical), which allows the sun to shine on different parts of the Earth at different times of our day. The only explanation for the sun ever going out of view wherever we are in the world is that the Earth orbits it and is rotating on an axis.
CONSTELLATIONS
According to Popular Science, Aristotle discovered that there are stars seen in Egypt, which are not visible in the Northerly regions.
Whenever you travel, you will see a different set of stars above you which can only be explained with round Earth. Like “the sun is a spotlight” theory, if the Earth is flat, then we can see every constellation wherever we are because it would be above us.
However, since stars and constellations change the further you travel, then you must be traveling along a curved surface for them to disappear and new ones to surface.
- Sandbox, R. (2020, October 2). Debunking the Popular Flat-Earth Theory. Medium. https://medium.com/the-reynolds-media-lab/debunking-the-popular-flat-earth-theory-803578a5e258
SOURCES
-Schottlender, M. (2016, January 26). 10 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the Earth is not flat. Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/10-ways-you-can-prove-earth-is-round/
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5 PROOFS DEBUNKING the
FLAT-EARTH THEORy
foucault's pendulum
SUNRISE &SUNSET
One belief of Flat-Earthers is that the sun and moon are actually above the Earth and act as spotlights toward Earth. The easiest way to debunk this is to go outside and watch a sunset or a sunrise. When the sun goes in and out of view on the horizon during dawn and dusk, it can't be acting as a spotlight. If the Earth is flat, the sun and moon would always be above us.
It debunks the theory because when it is set in motion, it will change its course by the end of the day. It has to do with Issac Newton’s first law of motion. The external force that acts upon Foucault's Pendulum and changes its state of motion is the Earth’s rotation, thus proving that the Earth spins on its axis in orbit.
LUNARECLIPSE
TIMEZONES
If the Earth is flat, eclipses wouldn’t be a thing because it proves the Earth’s orbit around the sun. Since it is round, it casts a shadow over the entire moon. According to the American quarterly magazine Popular Science, a lunar eclipse helped Aristotle figure out Earth’s spherical shape. He realized the phenomenon was Earth’s shadow casting onto the moon by the sun.
For time zones to exist, the Earth must rotate on its axis (which can only happen if its shape is spherical), which allows the sun to shine on different parts of the Earth at different times of our day. The only explanation for the sun ever going out of view wherever we are in the world is that the Earth orbits it and is rotating on an axis.
CONSTELLATIONS
According to Popular Science, Aristotle discovered that there are stars seen in Egypt, which are not visible in the Northerly regions. Whenever you travel, you will see a different set of stars above you which can only be explained with round Earth. Like “the sun is a spotlight” theory, if the Earth is flat, then we can see every constellation wherever we are because it would be above us. However, since stars and constellations change the further you travel, then you must be traveling along a curved surface for them to disappear and new ones to surface.
- Sandbox, R. (2020, October 2). Debunking the Popular Flat-Earth Theory. Medium. https://medium.com/the-reynolds-media-lab/debunking-the-popular-flat-earth-theory-803578a5e258
SOURCES
-Schottlender, M. (2016, January 26). 10 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the Earth is not flat. Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/10-ways-you-can-prove-earth-is-round/