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Lunar eclipses, such as the one yesterday, were one of the earliest pieces of scientific evidence that the Earth was basically a round sphere, already known to Aristotle: regardless of the position of the eclipse in the light sky, the shadow of the Earth on the Moon was always circular.
Mar 14, 2025, 9:51 PM
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