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With a smart phone/Camera and a little trig you can calculate the distance to the Moon yourself. Here iss how,
1. Step outside on a nice night when the Moon is full. Put the camera up on a tripod, pointing at the Moon.
2. With every image of the Moon you’ll need to know the Moon’s approximate elevation. Most smartphones have various apps that allow you to measure the camera’s angle based on the tilt of the phone. By aligning the phone with the camera you can measure the elevation of the Moon accurately.
3. For every image you’ll need to measure the apparent diameter of the Moon in pixels, seeing an increase as the Moon rises higher in the sky.
4. Lastly, the Moon’s distance can be measured from only two images (of course the more images the better you beat down any error) using this relatively simple equation:
where d(t) is the distance from the Moon to your location on Earth, RE is the radius of the Earth, ht(t) is the elevation of the Moon for your second image, α(t)
is the relative apparent size of the Moon, or the apparent size of the Moon in your second image divided by the initial apparent size of the Moon in your first image and ht,0 is the initial elevation of the Moon for your first image.So yeah, with a few pictures, some basic trig, and a make shift tripod, you can calculate how far the moon is, and ofc, the sun. (the same exact method is applied)
For your convenience. :rolleyes:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometrySo unless you reject modern science, basic trig, thousands of independent concurrences that verify the results as being relatively accurate, you have zero ground to stand on. (ironic since you think there is "infinite ground" on your FE model)
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Like science, he can't do math either.