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1.	What were the initial ideas of people about the earth, the sun the moon and other astronomical bodies?
Answer» For thousands of years humans have been looking into the sky trying to understand objects that shine there. Initially, people thought that earth was firm and stationary and all others went round it. They also thought that the earth, the stars and the sun have been like this forever and will be like this forever without any change.

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