I guess the Bible only matters to you when it supports something you believe?
How about providing links to the various articles you've been posting, otherwise it looks like plagiarism.I thought this was interesting.
In 1797, Henry Cavendish Used Two Small Metal Spheres To Weigh The Entire Earth
Figuring out how to weigh the Earth took until 1687, and even then we couldn't calculate it until 1798.
At the end of the 1600s, Newton proposed the universal law of gravitation: that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force (F) determined by their masses (M) and the square of the distance between the centers of the objects (R). Math fans may prefer it expressed like this: F=G(M1xM2/D2)
As you can tell from the math, if you have the mass of one of the objects (and all the other information within the equation) you can figure out the mass of the second object. Say you were one of the known masses (or you used a specific weight for ease): you could calculate the weight of the Earth, given that we know roughly how far we are from the Earth's center. The problem was, in Newton's time we did not have a value for G, making this impossible.
Knowing the mass and density of the Earth would be incredibly useful for astronomers, as it would help them calculate the mass and density of other objects in the Solar System, as well as it being interesting to know in its own right. In 1772, the Royal Society set up the “Committee of Attraction” to figure this out.
Attempts were made to measure the average density of the Earth using a mountain in Scotland. The team showed that the sheer mass of Schiehallion attracted pendulums towards it. Measuring the pendulum's movement and surveying the mountain, they were able to calculate a rough density of the Earth.
In 1797, however, we finally got the value of G, allowing us to calculate the mass of the Earth. Geologist Reverend John Michell had been working on the problem, but died before he could finish. Instead it fell to scientist Henry Cavendish, using Michell's equipment, to perform the experiment.
Using a relatively simple setup Cavendish was able to measure the force between two metal spheres separated by a known distance. The gravitational force of the Earth exerted on the smaller ball could be measured by weighing it, and the density of the balls was also known.
Looking at the ratio between the two forces revealed the mass of the Earth, about 5,974,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms(13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds), if you're interested.
WL, lots of respect to you and we share an unashamed faith in Jesus Christ, but these Christian men that orbited the earth, wouldn't they have been able to plainly see that the earth was a sphere and not flat?Satanic NASA?
Mission Control to John Glenn after liftoff: “Godspeed John Glenn”
during a news conference from orbit, Glenn radioed back, “To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is, to me, impossible.”
Ed White became the first American to leave the confines of an orbiting spacecraft. And during that historic spacewalk White experienced something he didn’t expect. He confided later to his friend the Reverend Jackson Downey of First Methodist Church in Cocoa Beach, Florida, that out there in space, he’d sensed the presence of God.
Gordon Cooper in orbit, transcript:
“Father, thank You, for the success we have had in flying this flight. Thank You for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be up in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wondrous things that You’ve created.
“Help guide and direct all of us that we may shape our lives to be good, that we may be much better Christians, learn to help one another, to work with one another, rather than to fight. Help us to complete this mission successfully . . .
“Be with all our families. Give them guidance and encouragement, and let them know that everything will be okay.
“We ask in Thy name. “Amen.”
I remember this as a kid, what a special moment!!
On their ninth and second-to-last orbit—just before they were to begin their long trip home—the spacemen clicked on a TV camera and broadcast to a massive audience on Earth. TV Guide estimated that one out of four humans listened in to their telecast. To nearly one billion people, across hundreds of thousands of miles of space, the astronauts described what they were seeing. They took turns giving impressions and panned the camera to show the surface of the moon sweeping by at four thousand miles per hour, a mere sixty miles beneath the command module.
Then, just before signing off, the astronauts offered one final message. They decide to share their “feeling of closeness to the Creator of all things.” And they took turns reading from chapter one of the King James Bible’s version of Genesis: “In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth . . .” When they finished their reading, Borman signed off with this: “And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas and God bless all of you—all of you on the good Earth.” That was Christmas Eve 1968.
WL, lots of respect to you and we share an unashamed faith in Jesus Christ, but these Christian men that orbited the earth, wouldn't they have been able to plainly see that the earth was a sphere and not flat?
10-4. ....and as others have stated, I have no problem with you posting about this, although I do believe the earth is spherical in shape. Do you believe the sun and moon are flat as well?They never went into space. It's called low earth orbit. They cannot ever go past the Van Allen Belt(Firmament). They admit this now a
days currently but still stick to the lies that they lost the technology that got them to the moon.
They never went into space. It's called low earth orbit. They cannot ever go past the Van Allen Belt(Firmament). They admit this now a
days currently but still stick to the lies that they lost the technology that got them to the moon.
Every rocket launch all around the world has many things in common. One it's always by water/ocean. Two they go straight up for only a
short time and then go diaganol and then sideways as they quit filming. In the Bermuda Triangle is the largest graveyard/junkyard for space
ships in the world. Yes they go back down into the ocean. They recover them and take them to an island so people never see the truth.