Ali Ibn Isa
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Ali Ben Isa (Arabic: علي بن عيسى) was an Arab astronomer in the 9th century.
Together with Chalid Ben Abdulmelik in 827, he measured the Earth's circumference, getting a result of 40,248 km (or, according to other sources, 41,436 km).
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