Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <thomas_galloway_at_ccpsnet.net> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:32:03 -0700 (PDT)

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

School Name:     James River H S 
School Location: 3700 James RIver Rd.  Midlothian, VA 23113

Email Address:   thomas_galloway_at_ccpsnet.net
Experimenter:    Mr. Galloway's 1st, 2cd, and 3rd Periods

Latitude         37.55
Longitude:       -79.73 W
Distance to Equator: 4210.33 km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 37.31
Calculated Earth circumference:   42989.6 km

Comments:
This experiment was very fun! :) - Reg