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umm: "The Earth is round"?
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The Earth is not round - it is an oblate spheroid.
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A (slightly) oblate spheroid seems pretty "round" to me.
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Did socrates say that the earth is round?
christopher columbus
What are the beliefs of Filipinos regarding the shape of the earth?
You said they say is round & you live there.
Who stated the earth was round?
Pythagoras stated the earth was round
What is the reason behind saying that earth is round?
The reason that we say the earth is round is because it is close to being so, or at least is amost spherical. Because of its gravity, earth became round when it formed. And it remains round today, except that is has a bit of a "bulge" in the middle (at the equator) because it is spinning about its axis of rotation. (The term usually used is oblate spheroid.)
Does the moon round the sun or the earth?
The moon rotates round the Earth.
Is earth round or has flat surfaces up and down?
the earth is not perfecly round
Why do people think the earth is round?
It is round!
How can we prove that earth is round for kids?
There are wonderful pictures from space of earth. In them you can see it is round. The Ancient Greeks knew it was round.
When did C olumbus find out the Earth was round?
he found out the earth was round when he studied geography
When did the earth become round?
The Earth never became round. It has always been round in shape since it was formed at the beginning of time.
How did the Guptas figured out the earth was round?
The Gupta Empire astronomers proved the earth was round by studying the moon during a lunar eclipse. They noticed that the earths shadow on the moon was round, meaning that the earth itself was round.
How is the earth square?
It's not, the earth is round.
