Nukehasslefan
Winger
And your globe is exactly that, it's not linear but any direction on it is 8 inches per mile squared.YOU CANNOT HAVE A LINEAR DISTANCE MEASURED IN MILES SQUARED YOU MORON......SQUARED IS FOR AREA.
The first thing you can find with our Earth curvature calculator is the exact distance between you and the horizon.
The horizon is a theoretical line. It's meaningless for any calculations for anything.
We're talking about a supposed Earth curve based on a globe being 24,000 miles in circumference.
The drop for part of that would be very close to 8 inches per mile squared.
It wasn't a flat Earther that came to that conclusion. It was global storytellers with authority.
The distance between your eyes and means ea level?You only need to know two values: your eyesight level (in other words, the distance between your eyes and mean sea level – assuming you are looking out to sea) and the radius of the Earth. Input these numbers into the following equation:
a = √[(r + h)² - r²]
where:
This equation can be derived using the
- a – Distance to the horizon;
- h – Eyesight level above mean sea level, and
- r – Earth's radius, equal to 3959 miles or 6371 km.
You must be logged on to see external links. You can try to derive it yourself – it is not that hard!
Distance is in metres / miles / km etc. You really have no clue yet are so arrogant about it.
What's that supposed to show, other than your eyes meet a theoretical line we call the horizon.
The potential distance is a few miles of real vision before it's obscured by atmospheric mass build up.
8 inches per mile squared.