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.

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Aristotle's hypothesis was that only a spherical Earth would always cast a circular shadow on the Moon during lunar eclipses. This supported his belief that the Earth was a sphere, as he observed that the shape of the Earth's shadow on the Moon during eclipses was always circular.

Aristotle's Hypothesis Was That