Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <hbutler_at_bcps.k12.va.us> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:35:31 -0700 (PDT)

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

School Name:     Lord Botetourt High School
School Location: Daleville, VA

Email Address:   hbutler_at_bcps.k12.va.us
Experimenter:    Mrs. Butler's Earth Science class

Latitude         37 24' N
Longitude:       79 54' W
Distance to Equator: 4153.07 km / 2580.6 mi

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 39
Calculated Earth circumference:   38,336.02 km / 23802.9 mi

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