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Ancient Greeks and Spherical Earth

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Ancient Greeks have known spherical Earth since at least the 3rd century B.C. According to historian Otto E. Neugebauer, the Greeks discovered Earth is a sphere from the drastic variation in the stars’ positions & motions between Greek settlements of different latitudes.

References

  • A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy – O. Neugebauer
  • Greek colonisation – Wikipedia

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CategoriesAstronomy, Basic Science, Easy Observations & Experiments, Figure of the Earth, Stars Tagsalexandria, aswan, athens, byzantion, byzantium, greece, greek, otto-neugebauer, sparta, stars, syene, tanais

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