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Melanie

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on: Aug 28, 2013
Aristotle's hypothesis was that:
A) lunar eclipses were created by our shadow.
B) only a spherical Earth would always cast a circular shadow on the Moon.
C) lunar eclipses would have to happen every full moon.
D) the Sun lay at the center of the planet orbits.
E) the Moon orbited the Earth.


penza

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Reply #1 on: Aug 28, 2013
Oh! I know the answer is B.


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