Question

Name the scholar who stated that ' the earth is round and rotates on its own axis '

Answer 1

Answer:

Aristarchus of Samos

Explanation:

Aristarchus of Samos, (born c 310 BCE—, died c 230 BCE) was, Greek astronomer who maintained that revolves around the Sun and Earth rotates on its axis. On the basis of this, the Greek philosopher Cleanthes the Stoic declared in his Against Aristarchus that Aristarchus ought to be indicted for impiety “for putting into motion the hearth of the universe.”

Answer 2

Answer:

Aryabhata was the scholar who stated that ' the earth is round and rotates on its axis '.

Explanation:

• Aryabhatta discovered long before Copernicus that the world is round, revolving around one axis. Urging the younger generation to heed the country's glorious history, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday Aryabhatta discovered that the earth was round and rotated on an axis long before Copernicus.
• Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and mathematician known as the father of modern astronomy. He was the first European scientist to propose that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun, the heliocentric theory of the solar system.

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