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Which person did the most to prove that the world was spherical shaped like a ball?
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Eratosthenes: Computed the diameter of the Earth (to within 6%) around 238 BC.
Magellan (or at least his ship and a lot of his crew): sailed around the world.
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What person did the most to prove the earth was shaped like a ball?
Columbus did the most to prove the earth was shaped like a ball. He did this by sailing to America, and proving to Europe that the world was not flat. Edit: a lot of people think that, but it was established by the Ancient Greeks about 1800 years earlier.
What is the shape our globe?
It is globe shaped. Globe means sphere shaped so if you use the world globe most people automatically know you are talking about a spherical object
Why isn't the world in a square?
Because God felt like making the world spherical. Besides if it were shaped like a cube gravity would be different everywhere and Newton would be at a loss.
Which person did the most to prove that the world was spherical?
Any sailor coming from the sea closer to land or anyone living near a body of water that occasionally is calm and at least a few kilometers wide. Eratosthenes (276-194 BC) Ferdinand Magellan Yuri Gagarin
What was Ferdinand Magellan's reason to go on a journey?
To circumnavigate and prove that earth was spherical most people don't get wht i say- I'm just a smart ass... i mean ... to travel around the world to prove its round :P lol x
Why isn't the world flat?
Gravity has a preference for large ball shaped objects. In fact, being spherical under the force of its own gravity is part of the current definition of 'planet'.
Is the world round or is it an oval?
The world is spherical
How can you prove that you are the smartest person in the world?
You can't because Linda Harmon is the smartest!!!
What is the furthest east in the world?
Nothing because the world is spherical
Is it day all over the world at the same time and night all over the world at the same time?
No, since our planet is spherical (ball-shaped) and we have only one sun, only half of the planet can be illuminated by the sun at any one time.
Cartographers can represent the spherical Earth on flat paper by making which is like casting shadows from the spherical world onto a flat piece of paper?
Cartographers an represent the spherical Earth on flat paper by making a projection, which is like casting shadows from the spherical world onto a flat piece of paper.
What do we call a map of the world on a sphere?
A globe.
