Eratosthenes — "The Sun is so far away that its rays are parallel when they reach Earth."

The Sun is so far away that its rays are parallel when they reach Earth.
Eratosthenes — Eratosthenes Ancient · Calculated Earth's circumference

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Explaining his measurement method

Date: 240 BCE

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