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�������SHAPE OF THE EARTH

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FACTS ABOUT EARTH

  • Earth is the third planet from the sun.
  • Have greatest density among all other planets.
  • 71% of earth surface is under water.
  • Earth takes 24 hours to complete one orbit.
  • Only planet that is not names after god.

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��������BELIEFS TO REALITY

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THALES

GREEK PHILOSOPHER WHO FIRST SAID EARTH IS SPHERICAL.

THOUGHT THIS SPHERE FLOATED IN WATER

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ARISTOTLE

GREEK PHILOSOPHER, ESTABLISHED EARTH IS SPHERICAL IN SHAPE

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PYTHAGORAS

GREEK PHILOSOPHER, ESTABLISHED EARTH IS SPHERICAL IN SHAPE

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COPERNICUS

SUPPORTED ARISTOTLE AND PYTHAGORAS

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ARYABHATA

INDIAN ASTRONOMER

BELIEVED SHAPE OF EARTH IS SPHERICAL AND IT SPINS ON ITS OWN AXIS

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FERDINAND MAGELLAN

HIS VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD PROVED THAT EARTH IS SPHERICAL

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SIR ISSAC NEWTON

EARTH IS NOT ONLY SPHERICAL IN SHAPE, BUT FLATTENED AT POLES AND

BULGED IN THE MIDDLE