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Eratosthenes' method of measuring Earth's circumference

Image shows a sketch of the Earth on graph paper with a photo of the Earth in the background. Blue arrows point to the sketch and the word "FAKE?" appears above in red letters.

Earth's curvature

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spherical Earth: Media

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Image shows a sketch of the Earth on graph paper with a photo of the Earth in the background. Blue arrows point to the sketch and the word "FAKE?" appears above in red letters.

Earth is round, but flat-earthers still exist

Can we prove the Earth is round? Well, yes.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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globe

globe

Globe, based on the cartographic work of Guillaume Delisle, made in 1765; in the...

Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

Eratosthenes' method of measuring Earth's circumference

Eratosthenes' method of measuring Earth's circumference

By knowing the length of an arc (l) and the size of the corresponding central...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Earth's curvature

Earth's curvature

Earth is so large that people cannot see its curvature unless they are at least 10,668...

NASA

Earth

Earth

The planet Earth, as photographed from the Galileo spacecraft during its December...

NASA/JPL

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