When the sun was directly overhead in Syene, why wasn't it directly overhead in Alexandria?

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Egeloen · Answer 1 · 2024-01-03T14:51:39+0000

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The sun wasn't directly overhead in Alexandria when it was in Syene because since they are 800 km away from each other and the earth is round, a shadow of a vertical pillar is cast in Alexandria

When the sun was directly overhead in Syene, why wasn't it directly overhead in Alexandria?

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