Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <cbuebe_at_galesburg205.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:37:20 -0700 (PDT)
Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Galesburg High School
School Location: Galesburg, Illinois 40.94 degrees North Latitude

Email Address:   cbuebe_at_galesburg205.org
Experimenter:    Carole Buebe & Dave Baxter

Latitude         40.94 N
Longitude:       90.39 W
Distance to Equator: 4500 km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 40
Calculated Earth circumference:   40500 km

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