Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/
School Name: Fayetteville Technical Community College
School Location: Fayetteville North Carolina
Email Address: nirvanabassist89_at_aol.com
Experimenter: Melissa Jolly
Latitude 35.07
Longitude: 78
Distance to Equator: 4130km
Measured shadow angle in degrees: 32
Calculated Earth circumference: 46,462.5km
Comments:
When my classmates and I did this experiment, we were unable to do it at exactly solar noon. Also this day was rather cloudy so that might effect the outcome of the experiment.
Received on Wed Mar 23 2011 - 09:51:59 PDT