Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: lois_dave_bates_at_yahoo.com
Date: Fri Mar 21 2008 - 16:17:34 PDT

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

School Name:     Bates Academy
School Location: 12 Range Rd Windham, NH 03087

Email Address:   lois_dave_bates_at_yahoo.com
Experimenter:    Bates Family

Latitude         424802
Longitude:       0711815
Distance to Equator: 2957.8 miles

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 41.9
Calculated Earth circumference:   25,413 miles

Comments:
Due to the weather, we could not measure until 3/21.  We expect our result would have been closer on the equinox.

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