How Do Flat-Earthers Explain the Equinox? We Investigated.

[Judi Lynn]

By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer | September 21, 2018 04:51pm ET

The autumn equinox is upon us. On Saturday (Sept. 22), the sun will shine directly on the Earth's equator, autumn will officially begin in the northern hemisphere, and the length of day and night will be nearly equal across the globe ... or, "across the disc," if you're a flat-Earther.

For flat-Earthers — the vocal online community of folks who believe the world is actually flat and science is a conspiracy — the equinox can be tricky to explain. Without axial tilt, the phenomenon in which the rotating, spherical Earth angles its poles toward or away from the sun, how can the changing seasons be reliably explained? How can sunrises and sunsets occur if the sun is constantly shining on the entire, flat surface of the planet? If the North Pole sits at the exact center of the world, can compass directions even exist? [7 Ways to Prove the Earth Is Round]

Flat-Earth thinkers have come up with many answers to these niggling questions over the last century or so, and we've scoured the literature to share the explanations with you. Be warned: Understanding them requires discarding a few thousand years of what you might consider accepted scientific knowledge. For starters, forget the heliocentric model of the solar system. You won't need it here.

The sun is really, really small
In the most popular flat-Earth maps, the North Pole sits roughly at the center of the planetary disc, while Antarctica forms a giant ice wall along the planet's circumference. The equator forms a ring hallway between the two.

More:
https://www.livescience.com/63648-flat-earth-explanation-for-the-equinox.html

[underpants]

1. So they think Earth is basically a dome?

I'm I reading that right?

As the article points out of this were true the sun would only set on the outer rim.

I haven't spent much time looking into whatever they've come up with and now I know why.

[Girard442]

2. Tsk. The explanation is quite simple.

Space and time are distorted in such a way to make a flat Earth appear in every way to be spherical -- but it's still actually flat.

Do I have to explain everything?

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Idiots. They can see the evidence for themselves everytime they look at the moon...why (cont.)...

would the moon be circular and not the earth? Why would the sun be circular and not the earth? If the earth was flat, then we should see the mountains since the earth is flat according to 'them' (I'm in the Midwest, we have hills not mountains).

In reality of course, since the earth is actually circular, we can't see over the horizon more than 15 miles or so (because the earth curves away from us).

So desperate to prove their concept of the world and universe around them, that they will come up w/ any possible thing that could be considered evidence to back up their nonsense claims.

[mr_lebowski]

4. I think you actually meant 'spherical' when you said 'circular' in your post ...

These idiots do think the world is circular, just not spherical

[SWBTATTReg]

6. You're absolutely right, I wasn't thinking very much when I posted. Thanks for the great ...

catch, and of course, have a nice and good day!

[defacto7]

5. Oh for joy for joy, I've finally seen the light.

[qazplm135]

7. so how deep do they think the flat Earth is?

What's on the bottom?
How do they think we get our magnetic field?
So many questions!