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How do we know that the Earth is round?

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The Blue Marble was snapped in 1972 from a distance of about 18,000 miles by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft.

Flat Earth Society say that since they can't see the curve of the globe, the planet must be a flattened disk.

Scientists have been explaining how we know the Earth is round since the 3rd century BC .

The laws of gravity also explain how a spherical planet would form.

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62

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65

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Article tone

informal

Language

English

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31

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not offensive

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not hateful

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long-living

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