Eratosthenes Experiment Report

Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Bennett Middle School
School Location: 38.37 W 75.59 N

Email Address:   akuzma_at_wcboe.org
Experimenter:    Luke M, Ben U, Patrick T

Latitude         38.37 N
Longitude:       75.59 W
Distance to Equator: 4264 km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 48
Calculated Earth circumference:   31980 km

Comments:
we didn't do it at exactly solar noon about an hour later