Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <akuzma_at_wcboe.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:53:38 -0700 (PDT)
Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Bennet Middle School
School Location: Salisbury, Maryland

Email Address:   akuzma_at_wcboe.org
Experimenter:    Peter G.

Latitude         38.37N
Longitude:       75.59W
Distance to Equator: 4246

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 50
Calculated Earth circumference:   30700.8

Comments:
It was fun!! Solar noon was at 12:56 and we experimented at 12:30.
Received on Mon Sep 24 2012 - 09:53:39 PDT

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