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One of my guilty pleasures in life is coming up with convincing conspiracy theories. A personal favorite of mine is flat moon theory - the idea that the moon is
by proteal 1mo ago
One of my guilty pleasures in life is coming up with convincing conspiracy theories. A personal favorite of mine is flat moon theory - the idea that the moon is a thin disc, not a sphere. A surprising number of people struggle to provide convincing counter arguments. Next time I’ll link them this site!
- tsukurimashou 1mo agohow do you explain moon phases with a disk? also how would a thin disk have enough mass to pull water from the earth?
- DarknessFalls 1mo agoA flat Moon made almost entirely of iridium could have the Moon’s actual mass if it were about 350 km thick.
- ghostDancer 1mo agoAnd could perfectly hide the secret nazi base on it's back. ;-)
- thombat 1mo agoBut it would promptly deform into a sphere, since its yield strength isn't remotely high enough to withstand the pressure of its own gravity
- IAmBroom 1mo agoThese sorts of people do not math.
- nfg 1mo agoLunar libration is easily apparent and actively exploited by amateur astronomers to glimpse more than 50% of the surface.