Eratosthenes Experiment Report: A.Y. Jackson High School

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Date: Mon Mar 20 2006 - 15:00:12 PST

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

School Name:     A.Y. Jackson High School
School Location: Kanata, Ontario, Canada

Email Address:   mail_at_andrewcostello.com
Experimenter:    Andrew Costello

Latitude         45d 17m 42s
Longitude:       75d 52m 48s
Distance to Equator: 5033 km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 45 
Calculated Earth circumference:   40264 km

Comments:
Because we are located at 45 degrees North latitude, at solar noon  on the Equinox, the length of shadows are the same as the height of the objects that make them! 

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