Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <stwidle_at_frhsd.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:55:22 -0700 (PDT)
Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Howell High School
School Location: 405 Squankum Yellowbrook Road Farmingdale, N.J. 07727

Email Address:   stwidle_at_frhsd.com
Experimenter:    Sus Twidle

Latitude         40.2 N
Longitude:       74.1 W
Distance to Equator: 4662 km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 40 degrees
Calculated Earth circumference:   41958 km

Comments:
My period 9/10 class ducked the many clouds to get in some quik measurements on Thursday Sept 22nd at around 12:20 pm EDT
Received on Sun Sep 25 2011 - 08:55:22 PDT

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