How did Eratosthenes measure the size of the Earth?
A) by walking about one-quarter of the way around its circumference
B) by measuring the times of sunrise in each of the four seasons
C) by determining the parallax of the Moon and finding the size of its orbit
D) by measuring the height of the Sun in the sky on the same day in two cities at different latitudes
E) by asking Aristotle who knew everything
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