That's a big belt

I can almost see it.... almost.. I think i'll try it in real life.

not with the earth though.

Originally posted by Coconut
I can almost see it.... almost.. I think i'll try it in real life.

not with the earth though.

I think its because when pulled tight the triangle formed by the pulling point and the two points where the belt meets the earth has a top angle of almost 180 degrees, with such a thin triangle you have to extent the height quite a lot to make much difference to the length of the sides, to make the sides longer by about 1km the top of the triangle has to go up by quite a bit.

Originally posted by iamatiger
I think its because when pulled tight the triangle formed by the pulling point and the two points where the belt meets the earth has a top angle of almost 180 degrees.

Note the word "almost"