Earth's location in the Universe
Knowledge of Earth's location in the Universe has been shaped by 400 years of telescopic observations, and has expanded radically in the last century. Initially, Earth was believed to be the center of the Universe, which consisted only of those planets visible with the naked eye and an outlying sphere of fixed stars. After the acceptance of the heliocentric model in the 17th century, observations by William Herschel and others showed that the Sun lay within a vast, disc-shaped galaxy of stars. By the 20th century, observations of spiral nebulae revealed that our galaxy was one of billions in an expanding universe, grouped into clusters and superclusters. By the end of the 20th century, the overall structure of the visible universe was becoming clearer, with superclusters forming into a vas
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Earth's location in the Universe
Knowledge of Earth's location in the Universe has been shaped by 400 years of telescopic observations, and has expanded radically in the last century. Initially, Earth was believed to be the center of the Universe, which consisted only of those planets visible with the naked eye and an outlying sphere of fixed stars. After the acceptance of the heliocentric model in the 17th century, observations by William Herschel and others showed that the Sun lay within a vast, disc-shaped galaxy of stars. By the 20th century, observations of spiral nebulae revealed that our galaxy was one of billions in an expanding universe, grouped into clusters and superclusters. By the end of the 20th century, the overall structure of the visible universe was becoming clearer, with superclusters forming into a vas
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Die Position der Erde im Unive ...... Erde auf verschiedenen Skalen.
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El conocimiento de la ubicació ...... luyentes sobre esas hipótesis.
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Knowledge of Earth's location ...... hypothesis is not falsifiable.
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La connaissance de la situatio ...... nivers (en). Schématiquement :
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O conhecimento da localização ...... e contido dentro do Omniverso.
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المعرفة الإنسانية حول موقع الأ ...... اكل كونية تعتمد موازين متغيرة.
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宇宙における地球の位置に関する人類の知識は、ガリレオ・ガリレ ...... ない)多元宇宙の中に含まれているかもしれないという説もある。
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过去400年的望远镜观测不断地调整着我们对于地球在宇宙中的位 ...... 照系来给出地球的相对位置。目前依然无法确定宇宙是否是无穷的。
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Die Position der Erde im Unive ...... Erde auf verschiedenen Skalen.
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El conocimiento de la ubicació ...... n expansión, agrupadas en cúmu
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Knowledge of Earth's location ...... perclusters forming into a vas
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La connaissance de la situatio ...... à l'origine. Schématiquement :
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O conhecimento da localização ...... trutura geral do universo visí
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المعرفة الإنسانية حول موقع الأ ...... ف كل أجزائه في المجمل من نفس ا
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宇宙における地球の位置に関する人類の知識は、ガリレオ・ガリレ ...... 河団に属する億単位の同類のひとつであることが明らかになった。
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过去400年的望远镜观测不断地调整着我们对于地球在宇宙中的位 ...... 照系来给出地球的相对位置。目前依然无法确定宇宙是否是无穷的。
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Earth's location in the Universe
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Localização da Terra no universo
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Position der Erde im Universum
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Situation de la Terre dans l'Univers
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Ubicación de la Tierra en el universo
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موقع الأرض في الكون
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地球在宇宙中的位置
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宇宙における地球の位置
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