Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <takahashi_brunei_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Maktab Teknik Sultan Saiful Rijal
School Location: Spg 125, Jln Muara, Bandar Seri Begawan BB2313, Brunei Darussalam

Email Address:   takahashi_brunei_at_yahoo.com
Experimenter:    MTSSR Team 1: Descendant of Einstein (ND/CTN/31) (Siti Nurdiyana bt Hj Matussin, Dk Siti Zafirah bt Pg Md Jefri, Ak Md Rafie b Pg Hj Md Yussof, Rafizul b Pitur, and Md Farid Hanis Ghassani Al-Muizz b Hj Marali) 

Latitude         4   55' 30" N
Longitude:       114   55' 40" E
Distance to Equator: 450 km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 4
Calculated Earth circumference:   40500 km

Comments:
This team used a map to find the distance to the equator.
Received on Wed Sep 29 2010 - 19:22:04 PDT

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