In ancient Greece,Eratosthenes measured the difference in angles of the Sun's rays in two different locations in Egypt at the same time to calculate the ________.
A) rate of rotation of the Earth
B) distance from the Earth to the Moon
C) distance from Earth to the Sun
D) circumference of the Earth
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