TELLUS PLANA: Moon
The convex-heliocentrist theory assumes that the Sun would be at a distance of 149,600,000 km and that it would illuminate the Moon. This would be why we would see the Moon. If this were the case, the Moon would be seen as a small bright spot and not as a bright circle as we see it when the Full Moon is out. The Sun's rays would illuminate the spherical half of the Moon, but only a small spot of light would reach the observer's eye because, due to the Moon's convexity, the Moon's other reflections would be scattered in directions other than towards the observer's eye.
Accordingly, the Moon should be, according to convexo-heliocentrist theory, a small spot of light in the sky. In the following I will elaborate on this phenomenon by example and by giving you an experiment you can do to convince yourself that, according to the convexo-heliocentrist theory, the Moon should be a small spot in the sky and not as it is seen in reality when it is a Full Moon.
The following picture shows a section through a room. In this room there is an observer, a light source and a sphere. The centre of the sphere is at point O. The light source illuminates the whole room, including the sphere. From point S and around this point a small area of light will come towards the observer's eyes in the form of a small spot of light which will have maximum brightness. The observer will therefore see a spot of maximum brightness at point S. This light spot is actually the reflection of the light source. The light source will illuminate the floor, side walls and ceiling of the room. The light from the floor, side walls and ceiling of the room will also illuminate the sphere.
The sphere will reflect this light as a larger area of light but of lower brightness than the brightness of the small light spot. This light, coming from the floor, walls and ceiling, will surround the small light spot on the sphere. In this way, the observer will see the half sphere in front of him. In the picture below you can see how the observer sees the half-sphere in front of him.
Circle A contains the maximum brightness spot coming from the light source. In the ellipse B is framed the area of light coming from the floor, the side walls and the ceiling of the room, and in the dark lunula C is framed the area from which no light is coming towards the observer's eyes. According to the convex-heliocentric theory, the Moon would float in outer space and be illuminated by the Sun. In a room there are surfaces, namely the floor, the side walls and the ceiling of the room. These surfaces reflect the light coming from the light source, and the light coming from these surfaces illuminates the sphere producing ellipse B. There are no such surfaces in outer space, which means that the elliptical surface of light is completely missing from the surface of the illuminated object. Therefore, according to the convex-heliocentrist theory, the Moon should look like a spot of light surrounded by a black surface.
Because there are so many atmospheric layers between the observer and the Moon, the Moon's black surface cannot be seen. To better understand this I will use an example from painting. Imagine painting a blue sky on a canvas! After you finish painting the sky, you paint a black circle that would represent an unlit body in the sky. To simulate the atmospheric layers that exist between you and the unlit body, you would brush a blue layer over the black circle. After this layer dries, you apply a new blue layer in the same way and so on. At some point the black circle will disappear under the blue layers and all you will see is sky. The same happens in reality. Because there are so many atmospheric layers between you and the dark body, you won't be able to see the dark body. Remember this important point: only bright and illuminated entities can be seen in the sky, whether it is day or night. Consequently, it follows from the convex-heliocentrist theory that the Moon should appear as a small bright spot in the sky. The Moon appears in the sky as a bright circle when it is a full Moon.
In the case of the other phases of the Moon, the Moon appears as a luminous lunula or as a quarter, Waxing Crescent or Waning Crescent. The Moon never appears as a small bright spot. Therefore, the assumption of the convex-heliocentric theory that the Moon is a solid entity floating in space and illuminated by the Sun cannot be correct. The Moon is a light. It is the projection of the Sun onto the Earth's atmosphere.
Author: Mihail Ispan