Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: hmoyer_at_pittsfield.k12.nh.us
Date: Tue Mar 18 2008 - 12:19:56 PDT

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

School Name:     Pittsfield MS/HS
School Location: Pittsfield, NH

Email Address:   hmoyer_at_pittsfield.k12.nh.us
Experimenter:    Sebastian Manteau

Latitude         43.32N
Longitude:       -71.35W
Distance to Equator: 3009 miles

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 43.8
Calculated Earth circumference:   24731 miles

Comments:
These values are for March 18th. The weather here for March 19th is projected to be rain and snow, so I doubt if I can get a measurement tomorrow.

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