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What are the proofs that the shape of the earth is spherical?

      

State the proofs that the shape of the earth is spherical.

  

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Maurice
(i) The circular shadow cast by the earth during a lunar eclipse.

(ii) The circular shape of the earth as seen on photographs taken from satellites.

(iii) The earth is a planet and all planets are spherical.

(iv) Circumnavigation of the earth along a straight path leads one to the starting point from the opposite direction.

(v) The difference times during which the sun rises and sets in different parts of the world.

(vi) The appearance of the middle pole to be relatively higher than other poles placed along a straight line on a level ground at equal distances.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on May 27, 2017 at 07:41


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