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The concept that the Earth is an oblate spheroid, or slightly oval in shape, was first proposed by ancient Greek philosophers such as Pythagoras and Aristotle. However, the definitive proof of the Earth's true shape came from expeditions led by Ferdinand Magellan and later confirmed by the voyages of James Cook in the 18th century.
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Was Uranus discovered before Earth?
No. The first person to look down discovered Earth.
Is the moon an oval?
No. An oval is a 2-dimensional shape. The moon is 3-dimensional.
Why sun is oval in morning and evening?
The sun appears oval when it is low on the horizon during sunrise and sunset due to the Earth's atmosphere acting like a lens, causing the light from the sun to be scattered and refracted. This distortion gives the illusion of an oval shape, even though the sun is actually spherical.
How was Earth's core discovered?
By studying how seismic waves travel through the Earth's interior.
Who discovered imaginary lines on earth?
Equator and AxisThey
How was the shape of the orbits discovered?
it is an oval and was discovered by Galileo and newton
Which astronomer discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses?
Kepler discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses.
The oval shaped path that the earth takes around the sun is called a?
The oval-shaped path that the Earth takes around the sun is called an orbit.
What shapes the surface of the earth?
oval
Kepler discovered that the orbit of each other planet is?
He discovered that avery planet has a ellipcial orbit, which means oval.
Does earth slight in oval shape or not?
Yes it does.
The moon orbit around Earth has the shape of a?
Oval
What does the path the earth takes around the sun look like?
An oval. An ellipse, actually, which is sort of like an oval.
What makes the earth a perfect oval?
It's ever changing mountains and earth(ground).
How do the earth rotates?
The Earth rotates in not a perfect circle around the sun but in a oval shape.
How do Earth rotates?
The Earth rotates in not a perfect circle around the sun but in a oval shape.
Is a earth a ball or an oval?
ball shaped like a bowl
