Loose Leaf For Explorations:  Introduction To Astronomy
Loose Leaf For Explorations: Introduction To Astronomy
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ISBN: 9781260432145
Author: Thomas T Arny, Stephen E Schneider Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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(2.1) List some observational evidence that Earth is round.

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The list of some observational evidence that the Earth is round.

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The shadow of Earth’s edge on the Moon during a lunar eclipse and different stars become visible when making travel from north to south.

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The following are the observational evidence that the Earth’s is round.

During the lunar eclipse, the edge of the Earth’s shadow on the Moon is always the portion of a circle and that shows the Earth is round.

When we make a journey from north to south, some stars that seen in the north become invisible and some that in the south become visible shows that the Earth is round in shape.

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Therefore, the list of evidence that the Earth is round is given is that the shadow of Earth’s edge on the Moon during a lunar eclipse and different stars become visible when making travel from north to south.

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