Eratosthenes Experiment Report: CIMA

From: cm123777_at_uaeh.reduaeh.mx
Date: Fri Nov 19 2004 - 13:50:12 PST

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Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     CIMA
School Location: Hidalgo, Mexico

Email Address:   cm123777_at_uaeh.reduaeh.mx
Experimenter:    Selene Cruz

Latitude         20 01N
Longitude:       098 43W
Distance to Equator: 2225 km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 20.15136154
Calculated Earth circumference:   39749.1751747

Comments:
We used a 2.4035 m tall stick, I think its an advantage to use a large stick, because it reduces the error you get.

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