OK but it’s pretty cool that the moon is just far enough and just the right size relative to Earth and the sun to give us all those rad eclipses.
That's a big burger
Submitted 3 months ago by Gork@lemm.ee to science_memes@mander.xyz
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luciole@beehaw.org 3 months ago
murtaza64@programming.dev 3 months ago
I read somewhere that this phenomenon is so unlikely that if we ever need to represent our planet in an intergalactic context, the solar eclipse would be a good candidate for a symbol to put on a flag [citation needed]
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 months ago
Iain M. Banks wrote a book on that. Inversions I think.
GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Because the moon is moving away very slowly there will be a last total solar eclipse at some point. We’re lucky to have such good ones currently
Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 3 months ago
EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.
You mean a Loonie.
SMH.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Is flat earth still a thing? I haven’t been hearing as much about it lately but maybe people just stopped caring.
I do wonder how long a movement that can be easily disproven by literally anyone can sustain itself. I mean sure, the true believers will stay but if anyone can go out and confirm the roundness of the earth themselves it makes it a bit tough to keep people who are on the fence…
davidgro@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They moved on to qanon. That’s not even a joke.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
You haven’t heard as much from them because they are being drowned out by MAGAs. Though, TBF, the overlap between flat earthers and MAGAs is pretty large.
jaybone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Don’t forget sovcits. I’m hearing more about them now and less about flat earth.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
A friend of mine got into flat earth. He didn’t care about proofs or anything like that. As far as I could tell, he was in it for the community.
Zorque@lemmy.world 3 months ago
All the hype was subsumed by people following cults that actually have an impact on our daily lives.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
There’s actually a trip to Antarctica to see the midnight sun funded by globe earthers planned soon. Many flat earthers were invited, but most have chickened out and the rest are hedging their positions with “24 hour sun doesn’t mean anything, even if we see it, it doesn’t matter”.
jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
actually the part that i am scratching my head at is the sevenfold brighter bit.
drolex@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
I never remember which one is the burger eclipse and which the car eclipse
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 3 months ago
What is that? A car for ants?
Raxiel@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A burger for Americans
sundray@lemmus.org 3 months ago
Great, now I’m hungry for car : /
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 3 months ago
how can I calculate the distance at which the sun filled my entire field of view?
jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 3 months ago
so simple (and not at all). Thanks.
UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If you’re so good at maths, can you tell me how a cord devide the radius? Or something to that extent. I know the chord’s lenght, and the minor segment’s height. Now to modell this I probly need a cylinder and cut the major segment off, but to get the right size I need the r. Don’t I? Am I going insane?
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
d = r/sinΘ
Human FoV is about 210° with both eyes. Thus Θ is 105°.
The radius of the sun is 695,508 km.
Thus, d is 695,508/sin(105) → 720,043 km
720,043 - 695,508 = 24535 km away from the surface of the sun.
However, because the FoV is greater than 180°, this is actually below the surface of the sun, and any distance below the surface is enough to fill your vision.
To completely fill your field of view with the Sun, you’ll need to take a Parker Bath and dip into the sun.
mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Basically the father Ted skit with cows youtu.be/MMiKyfd6hA0
xilliah@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Fun fact as a game dev I had to write this code a couple of times where I project the 3d stuff into 2d like that so when you tap with your finger or click I can do proper distance checks in 2d (what’s closest to the finger?), even though it feels and acts 3d.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Dude thought he was in orthographic view.
samus12345@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s about the size, where you put your eyes
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 months ago
We’re dealing with a class of people who genuinely think Sesame Street is a commie psyop
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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For those who don’t know, Martian solar eclipses suck. The near equal relative size of the sun and moon to Earth is why we get such awesome eclipses.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Phobos is just not very aesthetically constructed.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Wife: “Does this dress make me look fat?” Me, a discerning scientist: “You’re just not very aesthetically constructed.”
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Especially after we sent our space marines there to kill all those demons.
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Space potato.
kautau@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You can’t fool me, those are just the cookie monster’s eyes
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Since our moon is moving away from us we’ll have these sorts of eclipses in the future. The fact that we’re living at a time when they’re the same apparent size is pretty amazing.