[deleted] t1_jdl4yyy wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:46 AM

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Kansas_Nationalist t1_jdl4s5d wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:44 AM

Reply to comment by Dave-C in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

Are you talking about the Earth Sun Lagrange 3 point? Always opposite to the earth relative to the sun. I did some research online and couldn’t find any record of us observing it. Don’t get your hopes up though. L3 is gravitationally unstable. It is likely that nothing is there besides a weird bend in gravity.

[deleted] t1_jdl4ogp wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:43 AM

Reply to if the earth is a sphere then why are we in a flat surface?? by jeezy___

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FoodForAllFarm t1_jdl4llb wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:42 AM

Reply to if the earth is a sphere then why are we in a flat surface?? by jeezy___

We aren't, we're just so damn small we can't tell it's a curve

[deleted] t1_jdl4lju wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:42 AM

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Boxeo- t1_jdl4k0q wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:42 AM

Reply to We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

There are picture of probes looking back on earth from various locations in our solar system. Depending on the location you could see the space behind the sun. looking back at earth 🌍

[deleted] t1_jdl4i90 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:41 AM

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wetterbread t1_jdl4evp wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:40 AM

Reply to comment by Dave-C in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

Yep, just wait a day then you can see that space.

PoppersOfCorn t1_jdl4e3q wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:40 AM

Reply to comment by Dave-C in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

We would be able to measure how other things interact with it. But we have space craft like the Parker Solar Probe, So we do know what on the opposite side to us

[deleted] t1_jdl4d2h wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:40 AM

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Representative_Pop_8 t1_jdl49gr wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:39 AM

Reply to If earth was a smooth sphere, which direction would water flow when placed on the surface? by Axial-Precession

to the equator due to earth spinning , it would try to form a ( smooth version of) shape like that of earth which is larger at the equator due to spinning

UmbralRaptor t1_jdl47sz wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:38 AM

Reply to We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

Like STEREO-A and B? https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/main/index.html

PoppersOfCorn t1_jdl47ko wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:38 AM

Reply to comment by Ausmerica in If earth was a smooth sphere, which direction would water flow when placed on the surface? by Axial-Precession

Because the volume of water wasn't mentioned, I just thought of a small amount.

If it was oceans of water, it would certainly bulge at the equator like it already does, but it would still have to spread out to find a level.

Dave-C OP t1_jdl40c6 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:36 AM

Reply to comment by PoppersOfCorn in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

Ok, I'm still not making this clear. If an object is in the exact same orbit as Earth but on the opposite side of the sun while moving at the same speed as Earth, we would never see it. That is the blind spot I'm talking about.

ncc81701 t1_jdl3zye wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:36 AM

Reply to First crewed Starliner launch slips again by Afrin_Drip

Good thing we don’t have to rely on Boeing nor the Russians for access to space.

PoppersOfCorn t1_jdl3va3 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:35 AM

Reply to comment by Dave-C in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

We see it every 6 months, that's why constellations change depending on the time of year

Sorry, i get what you mean now. There are plenty of craft that can see what we cant from earth

JesseLaces t1_jdl3tkw wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:34 AM

Reply to comment by Axial-Precession in If earth was a smooth sphere, which direction would water flow when placed on the surface? by Axial-Precession

All rivers flow from high to low.

Also, the equator is below the Nile. Runs north away from the equator.

Dave-C OP t1_jdl3ry7 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:34 AM

Reply to comment by OverzealousOwl in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

Sorry, I didn't make that clear. I'm not talking about seeing the other side of the Sun. I mean seeing the space behind the sun.

OverzealousOwl t1_jdl3ong wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:33 AM

Reply to We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

I'm pretty sure the sun doesn't rotate at the same speed as the earth, so since we rotate around it as the year goes on I'm fairly certain we see every side of it every year.