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Pearl is a regular in the alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian newsgroup and claims that the earth could be hollow. She goes on to claim that this could have been caused by a rapidly spinning early earth. I've tried to explain (without success) that such a rapidly spinning body would flatten out rather than become hollow. A Field Guide to Critical Thinking http://www.csicop.org/si/9012/critical-thinking.html Tuning Up Your Crank Filters http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/v...fs/Cranks.html Hollow Earth http://www.crank.net/hollow.html Earth http://www.edu-observatory.org/eo/earth.html |
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"Common Man" wrote in message news.com... Note to the readers of sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro: Pearl is a regular in the alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian newsgroup and claims that the earth could be hollow. She goes on to claim that this could have been caused by a rapidly spinning early earth. I've tried to explain (without success) that such a rapidly spinning body would flatten out rather than become hollow. If any of you wish to take a crack at explaining this to her, feel free. For Pearl: Evidence that a rapidly spinning object would flatten out, not become hollow. See: http://www.govertschilling.nl/artike.../030612_sc.htm Hmmm, we might be orbiting a tad differently if our mass were significantly different than we have guessed it to be as a semi-solid core. Talk about global warming. Tom |
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"Common Man" wrote in message news.com... Note to the readers of sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro: Pearl is a regular in the alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian newsgroup and claims that the earth could be hollow. She goes on to claim that this could have been caused by a rapidly spinning early earth. I've tried to explain (without success) that such a rapidly spinning body would flatten out rather than become hollow. If any of you wish to take a crack at explaining this to her, feel free. For Pearl: Evidence that a rapidly spinning object would flatten out, not become hollow. See: http://www.govertschilling.nl/artike.../030612_sc.htm Hmmm, we might be orbiting a tad differently if our mass were significantly different than we have guessed it to be as a semi-solid core. Talk about global warming. Tom |
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news.com... Note to the readers of sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro: Pearl is a regular in the alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian newsgroup and claims that the earth could be hollow. She goes on to claim that this could have been caused by a rapidly spinning early earth. I've tried to explain (without success) that such a rapidly spinning body would flatten out rather than become hollow. If any of you wish to take a crack at explaining this to her, feel free. For Pearl: Evidence that a rapidly spinning object would flatten out, not become hollow. See: http://www.govertschilling.nl/artike.../030612_sc.htm It's been pointed out to you by someone else that centrifugal force will cause a spherical body to become oblate, without becoming completely flat. Is this a throwback to your past life as chief honcho of the flat-earth society, 'common man'? |
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news.com... Note to the readers of sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro: Pearl is a regular in the alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian newsgroup and claims that the earth could be hollow. She goes on to claim that this could have been caused by a rapidly spinning early earth. I've tried to explain (without success) that such a rapidly spinning body would flatten out rather than become hollow. If any of you wish to take a crack at explaining this to her, feel free. For Pearl: Evidence that a rapidly spinning object would flatten out, not become hollow. See: http://www.govertschilling.nl/artike.../030612_sc.htm It's been pointed out to you by someone else that centrifugal force will cause a spherical body to become oblate, without becoming completely flat. Is this a throwback to your past life as chief honcho of the flat-earth society, 'common man'? |
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It's been pointed out to you by someone else that centrifugal force will cause a spherical body to become oblate, without becoming completely flat. Is this a throwback to your past life as chief honcho of the flat-earth society, 'common man'? The Earth IS a oblate spheroid and is modeled very well by the WGS-84 ellipsoid and datum NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY GPS PRECISE EPHEMERIDES, SATELLITE CLOCK PARAMETERS AND SMOOTHED OBSERVATIONS PRECISE EPHEMERIS Earth-centered Earth-fixed trajectory Coordinate system: WGS84 (G1150) Position -- x,y,z (km) Velocity -- dx/dt,dy/dt,dz/dt (dm/s) GPS time -- year, day, hour, minute Trajectory interval: 15 min. Standard Trajectory referenced to satellite center of mass Optional Trajectory referenced to satellite antenna phase center SATELLITE CLOCK PARAMETERS Clock parameters for each satellite: Time offset (microseconds) Frequency offset (10E-4 microsec/s = parts in 10E10) Time interval for parameters: 15 min. Satellite clock events: All events processed as reinitializations SMOOTHED OBSERVATIONS Smoothed range and range difference observations (km) with corrections applied (see below) GPS time of observation (year, day, seconds from beginning of day) Standard deviation of observation (km) Coordinate system: WGS84 (G1150) Station coordinates: Position -- x,y,z (m), Epoch 2001.0 Velocity -- dx/dt,dy/dt,dz/dt (m/year) Temperature (degrees Celsius) Pressure (millibars) Humidity (percent) Data interval: 15 min. Smoothing uses carrier phase to smooth range and range difference measurements collected at a 1.5 second rate for NIMA and Air Force monitor stations and at a 30 second rate for IGS monitor stations Minimum elevation angle for observation: 10 degrees National Imagery and Mapping Agency and Air Force monitor station data collected and smoothed using similar procedures References: Computer Program Development Spec., Master Control Station, Ephemeris/Clock Computer Program, NAVSTAR GPS Operational Control System Segment, CP-MCSEC-302C, Part 1, Appendix A, 7 May1993. Description of the Smoothing Algorithm in the NIMA Monitor Station Network, (MSN29), Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, GR-SGG-97-1, 3 April 1997. PHYSICAL CONSTANTS GM(Earth) = 398600.4418 km**3/s**2 GM(Sun) = 132712400000 km**3/s**2 GM(Moon) = 4902.799186 km**3/s**2 Moon radius = 1738 km Sun radius = 696000 km Earth semi-major axis (a) = 6378.137 km Inverse flattening (1/f) = 298.257223563 Earth angular velocity = 0.72921158553 X 10**-4 Rad/s Speed of light = 299792.458 km/s Love's constant = 0.290 Solar constant = 4.560 X 10**-6 N/m**2 Astronomical Unit = 149597870.691 km STATION COORDINATES (GEODETIC) WGS84 (G1150) Epoch 2001.0 STATION COORDINATES (CARTESIAN) WGS84 (G1150) Epoch 2001.0 Due to security concerns surrounding the current threat situations, the coordinates for the NGA/Air Force/IGS stations have been removed. Any such information needed about the NGA stations should be requested, until further notice, at: (314) 263-4120 or DSN 693-4120 CORRECTIONS APPLIED TO MEASUREMENTS Ionospheric delay: 2-frequency, 1st order correction Tropospheric refraction: Saastamoinen hydrostatic and wet zenith delay models and Niell hydrostatic and wet mapping functions Periodic relativistic effects Satellite antenna offset (satellite body centered coordinates, meters) Block II PRN's - Delta x= 0.2794, Delta y= 0.0000, Delta z= 0.9519 Block IIA PRN's - Delta x= 0.2794, Delta y= 0.0000, Delta z= 0.9519 Block IIR PRN 11 - Delta x= 0.0019, Delta y= 0.0011, Delta z= 1.5141 Block IIR PRN 13 - Delta x= 0.0024, Delta y= 0.0025, Delta z= 1.6140 Block IIR PRN 14 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= 0.0002, Delta z= 1.6137 Block IIR PRN 16 - Delta x= -0.0098, Delta y= 0.0060, Delta z= 1.6630 Block IIR PRN 18 - Delta x= -0.0098, Delta y= 0.0060, Delta z= 1.5923 Block IIR PRN 19 - Delta x= -0.0100, Delta y= 0.0064, Delta z= 1.5620 Block IIR PRN 20 - Delta x= 0.0022, Delta y= 0.0014, Delta z= 1.6140 Block IIR PRN 21 - Delta x= 0.0023, Delta y= -0.0006, Delta z= 1.5840 Block IIR PRN 22 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= -0.0009, Delta z= 0.0598 Block IIR PRN 28 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= 0.0007, Delta z= 1.5131 Station displacement due to tides Yaw Bias: JPL yaw bias model for Block II and IIA satellites in eclipse, except PRN's 2, and 23 FORCE MODELING Gravitational: EGM96 Earth gravity model truncated at degree 12 and order 12 Solar and Lunar gravity using the DE403 ephemeredes, J2000 epoch, and IAU Resolutions on Astronomical Constants, Time Scales, and the Fundamental Reference Frame (1976-1980) Solid Earth tides Non-gravitational: Radiation Pressure ROCKWELL ROCK42 model for Block II and IIA satellites Lockheed Martin table look up model for Block IIR satellites Thrusts Momentum dumps Kinematic: Luni-solar and planetary precession (IAU Resolutions, as above) Nutation (IAU Resolutions, as above) Earth rotation (IAU Resolutions, as above) Polar Motion (using NIMA initial values generated the week before the orbit fit) + diurnal and semi-diurnal effects UT1-UTC (using NIMA initial values generated the week before the orbit fit) + Zonal tide effects + diurnal and semi-diurnal effects Integration step size: 300 seconds, reduced to 10 seconds during eclipse boundary crossings ORBIT ESTIMATION METHOD Kalman Filter/RTS Smoother (Square Root Information implementation) Initial conditions: From previous fit Solution parameters: Satellite state vector in element form at trajectory epoch -- semi-major axis eccentricity * sin(argument of perigee) eccentricity * cos(argument of perigee) inclination mean anomaly + argument of perigee right ascension of the ascending node Satellite clock parameters -- Time offset, Frequency offset Monitor station clock parameters (excluding master station) -- Time offset, Frequency offset Polar motion parameters -- Pole and pole rate components along Greenwich meridian, Pole and pole rate components along meridian 90 deg west of Greenwich, Rate of change and acceleration of UT1-UTC Satellite radiation pressure parameters -- Radiation pressure scale, and Y-axis acceleration Tropospheric refraction -- One stochastic zenith delay parameter per station Minimum range observation uncertainty(1-sigma):100 cm (IGS Stations) 100 cm (Station 85128) 80 cm (Station 85130) 40 cm (other stations) Minimum range difference observation uncertainty (1-sigma): 1.5 cm Process noise in Kalman Filter: Radiation pressure (each satellite)-- Decorrelation time 14,400 s Steady state sigmas -- SCALE 0.05 Y-AXIS 0.5 X 10**-12 km/s**2 Tropospheric refraction variance rate: 2.89 cm**2/hr Station clock white noise spectral density: (each station) -- Time offset 0.1111 X 10**-2 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1111 X 10**-8 (ppm)**2/s Satellite clock white noise spectral density: (each satellite) Time offset 0.1111 X 10**-2 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1111 X 10**-8 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s SATELLITE CLOCK ESTIMATION METHOD Kalman Filter/RTS Smoother (Square Root Information implementation) Orbit solutions from above method are held fixed for satellite clock estimation Solution parameters: Satellite clock parameters -- Time offset, Frequency offset Monitor station clock parameters (excluding master station) -- Time offset, Frequency offset Tropospheric refraction -- One stochastic zenith delay parameter per station. Minimum range observation uncertainty(1-sigma):100 cm (IGS Stations) 100 cm (Station 85128) 80 cm (Station 85130) 40 cm (other stations) Minimum range difference observation uncertainty (1-sigma): 15.0 cm Process noise in Kalman Filter: Tropospheric refraction variance rate: 2.89 cm**2/hr Station clock white noise spectral densities: NGA stations and Air Force Colorado Springs station: Time offset 0.1944 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.4440 X 10**-19 (ppm)**2/s Air Force stations (except Colorado Springs) and IGS stations: Time offset 0.3456 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.4440 X 10**-19 (ppm)**2/s Satellite clock white noise spectral densities: Satellite Block IIR Rubidium clocks Time offset 0.8640 X 10**-9 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-18 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s Satellite Block II/IIA Rubidium clocks Time offset 0.1944 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-18 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s Satellite Cesium clocks Time offset 0.13824 X 10**-7 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1000 X 10**-17 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s Satellite 'Noisy' Cesium clocks Time offset 0.2000 X 10**-7 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-16 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s |
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pearl wrote:
It's been pointed out to you by someone else that centrifugal force will cause a spherical body to become oblate, without becoming completely flat. Is this a throwback to your past life as chief honcho of the flat-earth society, 'common man'? The Earth IS a oblate spheroid and is modeled very well by the WGS-84 ellipsoid and datum NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY GPS PRECISE EPHEMERIDES, SATELLITE CLOCK PARAMETERS AND SMOOTHED OBSERVATIONS PRECISE EPHEMERIS Earth-centered Earth-fixed trajectory Coordinate system: WGS84 (G1150) Position -- x,y,z (km) Velocity -- dx/dt,dy/dt,dz/dt (dm/s) GPS time -- year, day, hour, minute Trajectory interval: 15 min. Standard Trajectory referenced to satellite center of mass Optional Trajectory referenced to satellite antenna phase center SATELLITE CLOCK PARAMETERS Clock parameters for each satellite: Time offset (microseconds) Frequency offset (10E-4 microsec/s = parts in 10E10) Time interval for parameters: 15 min. Satellite clock events: All events processed as reinitializations SMOOTHED OBSERVATIONS Smoothed range and range difference observations (km) with corrections applied (see below) GPS time of observation (year, day, seconds from beginning of day) Standard deviation of observation (km) Coordinate system: WGS84 (G1150) Station coordinates: Position -- x,y,z (m), Epoch 2001.0 Velocity -- dx/dt,dy/dt,dz/dt (m/year) Temperature (degrees Celsius) Pressure (millibars) Humidity (percent) Data interval: 15 min. Smoothing uses carrier phase to smooth range and range difference measurements collected at a 1.5 second rate for NIMA and Air Force monitor stations and at a 30 second rate for IGS monitor stations Minimum elevation angle for observation: 10 degrees National Imagery and Mapping Agency and Air Force monitor station data collected and smoothed using similar procedures References: Computer Program Development Spec., Master Control Station, Ephemeris/Clock Computer Program, NAVSTAR GPS Operational Control System Segment, CP-MCSEC-302C, Part 1, Appendix A, 7 May1993. Description of the Smoothing Algorithm in the NIMA Monitor Station Network, (MSN29), Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, GR-SGG-97-1, 3 April 1997. PHYSICAL CONSTANTS GM(Earth) = 398600.4418 km**3/s**2 GM(Sun) = 132712400000 km**3/s**2 GM(Moon) = 4902.799186 km**3/s**2 Moon radius = 1738 km Sun radius = 696000 km Earth semi-major axis (a) = 6378.137 km Inverse flattening (1/f) = 298.257223563 Earth angular velocity = 0.72921158553 X 10**-4 Rad/s Speed of light = 299792.458 km/s Love's constant = 0.290 Solar constant = 4.560 X 10**-6 N/m**2 Astronomical Unit = 149597870.691 km STATION COORDINATES (GEODETIC) WGS84 (G1150) Epoch 2001.0 STATION COORDINATES (CARTESIAN) WGS84 (G1150) Epoch 2001.0 Due to security concerns surrounding the current threat situations, the coordinates for the NGA/Air Force/IGS stations have been removed. Any such information needed about the NGA stations should be requested, until further notice, at: (314) 263-4120 or DSN 693-4120 CORRECTIONS APPLIED TO MEASUREMENTS Ionospheric delay: 2-frequency, 1st order correction Tropospheric refraction: Saastamoinen hydrostatic and wet zenith delay models and Niell hydrostatic and wet mapping functions Periodic relativistic effects Satellite antenna offset (satellite body centered coordinates, meters) Block II PRN's - Delta x= 0.2794, Delta y= 0.0000, Delta z= 0.9519 Block IIA PRN's - Delta x= 0.2794, Delta y= 0.0000, Delta z= 0.9519 Block IIR PRN 11 - Delta x= 0.0019, Delta y= 0.0011, Delta z= 1.5141 Block IIR PRN 13 - Delta x= 0.0024, Delta y= 0.0025, Delta z= 1.6140 Block IIR PRN 14 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= 0.0002, Delta z= 1.6137 Block IIR PRN 16 - Delta x= -0.0098, Delta y= 0.0060, Delta z= 1.6630 Block IIR PRN 18 - Delta x= -0.0098, Delta y= 0.0060, Delta z= 1.5923 Block IIR PRN 19 - Delta x= -0.0100, Delta y= 0.0064, Delta z= 1.5620 Block IIR PRN 20 - Delta x= 0.0022, Delta y= 0.0014, Delta z= 1.6140 Block IIR PRN 21 - Delta x= 0.0023, Delta y= -0.0006, Delta z= 1.5840 Block IIR PRN 22 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= -0.0009, Delta z= 0.0598 Block IIR PRN 28 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= 0.0007, Delta z= 1.5131 Station displacement due to tides Yaw Bias: JPL yaw bias model for Block II and IIA satellites in eclipse, except PRN's 2, and 23 FORCE MODELING Gravitational: EGM96 Earth gravity model truncated at degree 12 and order 12 Solar and Lunar gravity using the DE403 ephemeredes, J2000 epoch, and IAU Resolutions on Astronomical Constants, Time Scales, and the Fundamental Reference Frame (1976-1980) Solid Earth tides Non-gravitational: Radiation Pressure ROCKWELL ROCK42 model for Block II and IIA satellites Lockheed Martin table look up model for Block IIR satellites Thrusts Momentum dumps Kinematic: Luni-solar and planetary precession (IAU Resolutions, as above) Nutation (IAU Resolutions, as above) Earth rotation (IAU Resolutions, as above) Polar Motion (using NIMA initial values generated the week before the orbit fit) + diurnal and semi-diurnal effects UT1-UTC (using NIMA initial values generated the week before the orbit fit) + Zonal tide effects + diurnal and semi-diurnal effects Integration step size: 300 seconds, reduced to 10 seconds during eclipse boundary crossings ORBIT ESTIMATION METHOD Kalman Filter/RTS Smoother (Square Root Information implementation) Initial conditions: From previous fit Solution parameters: Satellite state vector in element form at trajectory epoch -- semi-major axis eccentricity * sin(argument of perigee) eccentricity * cos(argument of perigee) inclination mean anomaly + argument of perigee right ascension of the ascending node Satellite clock parameters -- Time offset, Frequency offset Monitor station clock parameters (excluding master station) -- Time offset, Frequency offset Polar motion parameters -- Pole and pole rate components along Greenwich meridian, Pole and pole rate components along meridian 90 deg west of Greenwich, Rate of change and acceleration of UT1-UTC Satellite radiation pressure parameters -- Radiation pressure scale, and Y-axis acceleration Tropospheric refraction -- One stochastic zenith delay parameter per station Minimum range observation uncertainty(1-sigma):100 cm (IGS Stations) 100 cm (Station 85128) 80 cm (Station 85130) 40 cm (other stations) Minimum range difference observation uncertainty (1-sigma): 1.5 cm Process noise in Kalman Filter: Radiation pressure (each satellite)-- Decorrelation time 14,400 s Steady state sigmas -- SCALE 0.05 Y-AXIS 0.5 X 10**-12 km/s**2 Tropospheric refraction variance rate: 2.89 cm**2/hr Station clock white noise spectral density: (each station) -- Time offset 0.1111 X 10**-2 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1111 X 10**-8 (ppm)**2/s Satellite clock white noise spectral density: (each satellite) Time offset 0.1111 X 10**-2 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1111 X 10**-8 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s SATELLITE CLOCK ESTIMATION METHOD Kalman Filter/RTS Smoother (Square Root Information implementation) Orbit solutions from above method are held fixed for satellite clock estimation Solution parameters: Satellite clock parameters -- Time offset, Frequency offset Monitor station clock parameters (excluding master station) -- Time offset, Frequency offset Tropospheric refraction -- One stochastic zenith delay parameter per station. Minimum range observation uncertainty(1-sigma):100 cm (IGS Stations) 100 cm (Station 85128) 80 cm (Station 85130) 40 cm (other stations) Minimum range difference observation uncertainty (1-sigma): 15.0 cm Process noise in Kalman Filter: Tropospheric refraction variance rate: 2.89 cm**2/hr Station clock white noise spectral densities: NGA stations and Air Force Colorado Springs station: Time offset 0.1944 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.4440 X 10**-19 (ppm)**2/s Air Force stations (except Colorado Springs) and IGS stations: Time offset 0.3456 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.4440 X 10**-19 (ppm)**2/s Satellite clock white noise spectral densities: Satellite Block IIR Rubidium clocks Time offset 0.8640 X 10**-9 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-18 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s Satellite Block II/IIA Rubidium clocks Time offset 0.1944 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-18 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s Satellite Cesium clocks Time offset 0.13824 X 10**-7 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1000 X 10**-17 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s Satellite 'Noisy' Cesium clocks Time offset 0.2000 X 10**-7 (microseconds)**2/s Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-16 (ppm)**2/s Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s |
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"Common Man" wrote in message news.com... Note to the readers of sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro: Pearl is a regular in the alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian newsgroup and claims that the earth could be hollow. She goes on to claim that this could have been caused by a rapidly spinning early earth. I've tried to explain (without success) that such a rapidly spinning body would flatten out rather than become hollow. If any of you wish to take a crack at explaining this to her, feel free. For Pearl: Evidence that a rapidly spinning object would flatten out, not become hollow. See: http://www.govertschilling.nl/artike.../030612_sc.htm You have overlooked one important factor - the strength of the earths crust. Let us look at both scenarios and assume that the earth's inner core consists of molten lava or some other malleable substance. Take a tennis ball with a soft outer case, spin it up to say 5,000rpm and it would indeed tend to flatten and not be sphere Take a snooker ball and apply the same 5,000rpm and it would remain a perfect sphere. In either case the inner soft core would be driven by centrifugal force and compacted towards the outer shell. If we assume you are correct the earth would be not be circular, should Pearl be correct the earth would remain a sphere. The shape would be dependent upon the thickness and strength of the earth's crust at the time of acceleration. [BUT] In either case we are left with a central void, home to the inner earth beings. My argument is an extension of the above. The rotational speed was much faster (say some 20,000rpm) and the earth was flattened out until it resembled a disc i.e. a 'Flat Earth'. The 'beings' still exist, but they live on the bottom side. The 'beings are easily rerecognizable, they are about 4' tall, wear funny hats, have shocking personal hygiene and a strong propensity to stalk and verbally abuse woman. Their only contact with the real world is via a strange force known as 'EarthLink' They are best left alone. This also explains the extinction of the dinosaurs - the poor buggers were cast into outer space. It also serves to illustrate the serious side effects of almost 5 years posting to this newsgroup. |
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"Common Man" wrote in message news.com... Note to the readers of sci.astro.amateur and sci.astro: Pearl is a regular in the alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian newsgroup and claims that the earth could be hollow. She goes on to claim that this could have been caused by a rapidly spinning early earth. I've tried to explain (without success) that such a rapidly spinning body would flatten out rather than become hollow. If any of you wish to take a crack at explaining this to her, feel free. For Pearl: Evidence that a rapidly spinning object would flatten out, not become hollow. See: http://www.govertschilling.nl/artike.../030612_sc.htm You have overlooked one important factor - the strength of the earths crust. Let us look at both scenarios and assume that the earth's inner core consists of molten lava or some other malleable substance. Take a tennis ball with a soft outer case, spin it up to say 5,000rpm and it would indeed tend to flatten and not be sphere Take a snooker ball and apply the same 5,000rpm and it would remain a perfect sphere. In either case the inner soft core would be driven by centrifugal force and compacted towards the outer shell. If we assume you are correct the earth would be not be circular, should Pearl be correct the earth would remain a sphere. The shape would be dependent upon the thickness and strength of the earth's crust at the time of acceleration. [BUT] In either case we are left with a central void, home to the inner earth beings. My argument is an extension of the above. The rotational speed was much faster (say some 20,000rpm) and the earth was flattened out until it resembled a disc i.e. a 'Flat Earth'. The 'beings' still exist, but they live on the bottom side. The 'beings are easily rerecognizable, they are about 4' tall, wear funny hats, have shocking personal hygiene and a strong propensity to stalk and verbally abuse woman. Their only contact with the real world is via a strange force known as 'EarthLink' They are best left alone. This also explains the extinction of the dinosaurs - the poor buggers were cast into outer space. It also serves to illustrate the serious side effects of almost 5 years posting to this newsgroup. |
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"Sam Wormley" wrote in message ...
pearl wrote: It's been pointed out to you by someone else that centrifugal force will cause a spherical body to become oblate, without becoming completely flat. Is this a throwback to your past life as chief honcho of the flat-earth society, 'common man'? The Earth IS a oblate spheroid and is modeled very well by the WGS-84 ellipsoid and datum Wow! .. |
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