Question

The circumference of the earth was calculated for the first time ?

• A. Copernicus
• B. Aryabhadan
• C. Erastosthenes
• D. Sir Isaac Newton

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Erastosthenes

Erastosthenes

• The circumference of the earth was calculated for the first time

• The word 'geography ' was used for the first time

• He calculated the circumference of the earth based on the angle at which the sunlight hits the earth