I CLEARLY posted 8" per mile2 and you OBVIOUSLY know what that is...which is NOT the equation for a parabola and IS a common approximation used to describe the drop in height due to the Earth's (a globe with a fixed radius) curvature over a given distance.
The equation for a parabola is incorrect for a sphere, y ≠ 8⋅x².
I CLEARLY posted 8” per mile2 and you OBVIOUSLY know what that is...which is NOT the equation for a parabola and IS a common approximation used to describe the drop in height due to the Earth’s (a globe with a fixed radius) curvature over a given distance.
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We have a flat Earther here. OK, whether the approximation is a length or area I no matter. The curvature of the Earth cannot be approximated by a parabola.
Here are some rotating Earth facts for you:
Coriolis effect,
circumpolar stars,
Foucault pendulum.
In addition, why do clouds appear lower in the sky with distance?
Why are contrails straight as appearing in the sky?
Why does the Sun rise and proceed to the south in the Northern hemisphere but also appear to rise and proceed to the north in the Southern hemisphere?
Time lapse videos of the Sun setting in the West in the Northern Hemisphere could also be of the Sun rising in the East in the Southern hemisphere.
The equation for a parabola is incorrect for a sphere, y ≠ 8⋅x².
I CLEARLY posted 8” per mile^2 and you OBVIOUSLY know what that is...which is NOT the equation for a parabola and IS a common approximation used to describe the drop in height due to the Earth’s (a globe with a fixed radius) curvature over a given distance.
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Why do you use units of “miles squared” for a distance measurement?