Eratosthenes Experiment Report: Richford Jr-Sr High School (2)

From: dmacdonald_at_rhs.richford.k12.vt.us
Date: Tue Mar 29 2005 - 13:24:49 PST

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

School Name:     Richford Jr-Sr High School (2)
School Location: Richford, VT USA

Email Address:   dmacdonald_at_rhs.richford.k12.vt.us
Experimenter:    Doug Mac Donald

Latitude         44o 59' 41"N
Longitude:       72o 40' 14"W
Distance to Equator: 5000

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 43.4o
Calculated Earth circumference:   41475 KM

Comments:
This was calculated by my Algebra Class.  Shadow angle measured from a scale drawing of vertical meter stick and shadow length.

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