Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth
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Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth
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The roughly spherical shape of Earth can be empirically evidenced by many different types of observation, ranging from ground level, flight, or orbit. The spherical shape causes a number of effects and phenomena that combined disprove flat Earth beliefs.
These include the visibility of distant objects on Earth's surface, lunar eclipses; appearance of the Moon; observation of the sky from a certain altitude; observation of certain fixed stars from different locations; observing the Sun; surface n
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Multiple proofs regarding Earth's approximately spherical shape
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_evidence_for_the_spherical_shape_of_Earth
date created:
2023-01-26T04:03:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T18:40:15Z
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