Spherical Earth
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spherical-earth-189-16529932
title:
Spherical Earth
text:
Spherical Earth or Earth's curvature refers to the approximation of the figure of the Earth to a sphere. The concept of a spherical Earth gradually displaced earlier beliefs in a flat Earth during classical antiquity and the Middle Ages. The figure of the Earth is more accurately described as an ellipsoid, which was realized in the early modern period.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Approximation of the figure of Earth as a sphere
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
date created:
2003-05-25T13:24:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T10:09:46Z
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