Who proposed first earth is spherical?

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Who proposed first earth is spherical?

2006-12-26 15:12:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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Gallileo?

2006-12-26 15:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by Girly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I don't know, either. I DO know that it was believed by some of the ancient Greeks thousands of years ago! It only takes some thought and experience with eclipses to figure out, not telescopes. Europeans RE-discovered it.

2006-12-26 15:59:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Pythagoras, then years later Eratosthenes used pythagorian math to come up with a very accurate circumference.

2006-12-26 16:00:32 · answer #3 · answered by thorian 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

was it aristotle? or maybe da vinci? I'm not really sure

2006-12-26 15:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by kaizoku 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

columbous

2006-12-26 15:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by Michael G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋