Eratosthenes Experiment Report

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Date: Sat Mar 22 2008 - 13:33:03 PDT

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

School Name:     Ecole Lafontaine
School Location: Arras FRANCE

Email Address:   lafontaine.grands_at_laposte.net
Experimenter:    Franky Bianco

Latitude         50 17' N
Longitude:       2 47' E
Distance to Equator: 5587 km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 50.184 
Calculated Earth circumference:   40,079 km

Comments:
Earth circumference = 5587 km * 360  / 50.184  = 40,079 km

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