Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Dec 17, 2019 13:20:09 GMT
Dec 17, 2019 12:13:49 GMT @sean said:
I think maybe the particulars of scientific knowledge are not necessarily best acquired or understood from this forum. Scientists are not flabbergasted by this.
Although, I do think you got some decent responses above that went beyond just 'it's the tilt' and actually attempted to make sense unlike those previous two responses.
That is the answer 🤷♀️
Yes, I agree - but I was thinking that initially. Question of why - I think the torch explanation above is a good visualisation but then it's not really a change to / from such acute angles and the light comes millions of miles away... So why does the change cause such a pronounced effect?
e.g. changing that torch example to shining on a rugby ball 50 metres away. If you tilted the ball 20° or whatever one way or the other, the effect at that distance and those angles would appear negligible.