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In what century satellite proved earth was a sphere?

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The moon is a satellite. Greeks in the 3rd century BCE noticed the earth's shadow across the moon during lunar eclipses was round, indicating the earth was spherical in shape.

In the 20th century the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, orbited the earth in about 90 minutes.

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