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what beliefs about earth and the heavens were proved by the discoveries of aristarchus and erastosthenes?

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Aristarchus disproved the belief that Earth is the center of the universe by discovering that the Earth circles the sun. Eratosthenes disproved the idea that Earth is flat by discovering that it is round.

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