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lidiya [134]
3 years ago
14

How did the ancient geeks know that the earth was round

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1 answer:
tatuchka [14]3 years ago
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Answer:

Under the assumption that the Sun is very far away, the ancient Greek geographer Eratosthenes performed an experiment using the differences in the observed angle of the Sun from two different locations to calculate the circumference of the Earth.

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