Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <jo.ellen_at_ucps.k12.nc.us> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:52:12 -0700 (PDT)

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

School Name:     Parkwood Middle School
School Location: Monroe, North Carolina

Email Address:   jo.ellen_at_ucps.k12.nc.us
Experimenter:    Jo Ellen Hertel

Latitude         34.89790 N
Longitude:       -80.62978 W
Distance to Equator: 2413.8362

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 45
Calculated Earth circumference:   19,310.69

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