Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/
School Name: Riverbend Academy
School Location: 2060 W. Granada Ave., Ormond Beach, Fl. 32174
Email Address: pcameron_at_cfl.rr.com
Experimenter: Adam Johnston, Kristen Brown, Deb Davis, Matthew Karr, RA Hargrave, Austin Remey, Megan Harris, Jenna Hicks, Liz Lance, Brooks Tomlin, Chip Bultemier, Jacy Cox, Matt Greco, Amy Hoffman, Josh Kwekel, Kaitlyn McKinley, Kyle Miller
Latitude 29.251 N
Longitude: -81.133
Distance to Equator: 2001.29 miles
Measured shadow angle in degrees: 29
Calculated Earth circumference: 24,843.57
Comments:
We ran this at solar noon beginning on Monday 9/19. It was interesting to see how the angle changed slightly each day until, on the final day, we were right where we needed to be to get a very close calculation. Pam Cameron,Teacher High School Astronomy Riverbend Academy
Received on Mon Sep 26 2011 - 03:23:53 PDT