The Cosmic Perspective (9th Edition)
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Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit
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Chapter 3, Problem 39EAP
Earth’s Shape. It took thousands of years for humans to deduce that Earth is spherical. For each of the following alternative models of Earth’s shape, identify one or more observations that you could make for yourself that would invalidate the model.
- A flat Earth
- A football-shaped Earth
- A cylindrical Earth, like that proposed by Anaximander
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