Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <sbartow_at_polytechnic.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:41:32 -0700 (PDT)
Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Polytechnic School
School Location: Pasadena California

Email Address:   sbartow_at_polytechnic.org
Experimenter:    Susan Bartow and Lyle Hatridge

Latitude         34 4 10 N
Longitude:       116 W
Distance to Equator: 3788.5km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 37 
Calculated Earth circumference:   36,861.08 km

Comments:
The angle was measured at solar noon on the 18th while visiting Joshua Tree National Monument.
Received on Wed Mar 24 2010 - 09:41:33 PDT

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