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So are you saying that the offset of 1 Earth/soccer ball radius is helping or hurting? It’s still seems to me like it’s just getting in the way. (Though I guess

by tobr 4y ago

So are you saying that the offset of 1 Earth/soccer ball radius is helping or hurting? It’s still seems to me like it’s just getting in the way. (Though I guess the ant wouldn’t see much of anything if it was down in the grass.)

IanCal 4y ago
It helps you see things either side of the ball if you're offset from the centre. Forgive the hasty diagram but https://imgur.com/a/aoZIZTs https://imgur.com/a/aoZIZTs The Earth is entirely in-between the wildly out of scale Sun and the Moon, but a giant standing on the "top" of the Earth can see both.