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:The projection is to the center of the earth, not w.r.t. the sun like the shadow of a solar eclipse. [[User:Starblue|Starblue]] ([[User talk:Starblue|talk]]) 09:56, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 
:The projection is to the center of the earth, not w.r.t. the sun like the shadow of a solar eclipse. [[User:Starblue|Starblue]] ([[User talk:Starblue|talk]]) 09:56, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 
::Look at the first picture at this comic and compare it this to this one (left): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_eclipse_types.svg Solar_eclipse_types.svg]. You are just behind the moon at the surface of the earth, and when the moon is not close enough a total eclipse will not happen (right). All distances and also angular sizes belong to the surface but not the center of the Earth.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:54, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 
::Look at the first picture at this comic and compare it this to this one (left): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_eclipse_types.svg Solar_eclipse_types.svg]. You are just behind the moon at the surface of the earth, and when the moon is not close enough a total eclipse will not happen (right). All distances and also angular sizes belong to the surface but not the center of the Earth.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:54, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
::He’s pretty clearly darkened the line at the earth’s surface under each object (no intention, nor power, of trying to work out if he had the calculation right).  So yeah, I think he’s talking about the shadow on the surface of the earth (which is a sphere, to 98% of the inhabitants who recognise the word.  Sorry, Dgbrt).  Also, subtitle...  [[User:Rereading xkcd|Rereading xkcd]] ([[User talk:Rereading xkcd|talk]]) 03:51, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
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::He’s pretty clearly darkened the line at the earth’s surface under each object (no intention, nor power, of trying to work out if he had the calculation right).  So yeah, I think he’s talking about the shadow on the surface of the earth (which is a sphere, to 98% of the inhabitants who recognise the word.  Sorry, Dgbrt).  Also, title...  [[User:Rereading xkcd|Rereading xkcd]] ([[User talk:Rereading xkcd|talk]]) 03:51, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
  
 
I am of the theory that the entire comic was created specifically so Randall could include his eponymous asteroid. And yes, I can present a falsification experiment for this model. — [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 15:47, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 
I am of the theory that the entire comic was created specifically so Randall could include his eponymous asteroid. And yes, I can present a falsification experiment for this model. — [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 15:47, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

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