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