the earth is not perfecly round
No one believed that the earth was flat in the 1600 it was a well know fact that the world was round. This myth that people used to believe that the world was flat didn't exsist before 1870-1920. The myth probably came to existance because it was way more intriguing that Colombus in a world where everyone thought was flat was the only one who believed it was round.
A small flat copy of the Earth is called a map. It is a representation of the Earth's surface, showing geographical features and locations in a scaled-down form.
There is a common misconception that historical figures like Christopher Columbus believed the Earth was flat. In reality, most educated people in Columbus's time knew that the Earth was round. The idea that Columbus was trying to prove the Earth's roundness is more of a myth.
A system of mapping the round earth on a flat surface is called a map projection. Map projections are used to represent the Earth's curved surface on a two-dimensional map. Different map projections have different strengths and weaknesses depending on the purpose of the map.
The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras is often credited with being one of the first to propose that the Earth was round in the 6th century BC. However, the idea of a spherical Earth was further popularized by the philosopher Plato and astronomer Aristotle.
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Two. Considering this is a two-dimensional object, cut out of a piece of paper it would have two flat surfaces, the front and the back. If your talking a about a sphere, the three-dimensional object of a circle, it has no flat surfaces considering it is round.
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The Earth was never flat. The Flat Earth society believe they have proof that the Earth is flat but other no individuals or organisations have ever seriously considered that the Earth was not round since the ancient Greeks.
Round is an infinitely more efficient design to accommodate the rotations, orbits and movements of the planets and galaxies. Can't imagine a "flat-disk" planet-design doing (or trying to do) what the round, circular design does.
Yes, it is. Satellite imaging will negate the hypothesis and prove that Earth is round, not flat.
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on a flat map
The earth is round, due to gravity, so there are no flat bits at the top and bottom.
The earth is not round... it is flat!!! Gravity keeps on the earth and that is how we stay on earth, because if we didn't have gravity we would float into space and DIE!!!
A gilding joint is a synovial joint in which bony surfaces that a joint hold are flat or slightly round.