![]() The central pole normally projects slightly along the pole because of the curvature of the earth. When engineers drive poles of equal length into level land at regular interval they don’t give a perfect horizontal level. Driving poles on level grounds on a curved earth the moon, the sun, stars have circular outline therefore the sun, stars have circular outline therefore the earth cannot be an exception. ![]() Planetary bodies.Īll observations from telescope reveal that other planetary bodies and their satellites e.g. ![]() This is the most convincing and most updated proofs of the earth sphericity. Photograph taken from space craft (rockets) clearly shows that the earth is spherical. Today it is still possible to start from one point and travel either east or west, north or south and at the end still come back at the starting point because the earth is spherical. The voyage of discovery by Ferdinand Magellan between 12 proof that the earth is spherical. ship visibility Circumnavigation of the earth If the earth were flat, the whole ship and the smoke will be seen at once. If a ship still far away at sea, it is watched using a telescope, one will first see the smoke and then the funnel which the smoke is coming out and this clearly suggest that the sea has a curved outline since it is part of a sphere. If the earth were flat, the earth shadow will boot be circular. proof that the earth is spherical The moon or lunar eclipseĭuring the eclipse of the moon that is when the earth comes between the sun and the moon, the earth shadow on the moon shows a dark circle. If the earth were flat, all place will see the sun at the same time and there will be no darkness. This means that places in the east experiences sunlight before places in the west. Proofs that the earth is spherical in shape Sunrise and sunset:
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