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RE: A Flat Earther's Rough Guide To Winning A Nobel Prize - Eclipsing Logic
An interesting thing about eclipses.
If it is indeed caused by celestial bodies passing in the way of the sun, then explain the lunar eclipse!
Let us assume that the distance between the earth and the moon is the same between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse.
As you said, we "know" how big the earth and the moon are, and so, if you take the shadow the moon casts on the earth. Then multiply it by the ratio of the earth/moon. Then the shadow cast by the earth onto the moon would not cover the entire moon.
Do you have any explanation for that?
Yes, your calculations are incorrect.
For the correct ones check this link. http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Unit2/eclipses.html
Cg