TY Physics – Eratosthenes Experiment

Well done to TY Physics students on their collaborative project with other European schools. They repeated the experiment of Eratosthenes ,  who measured the Earth’s circumference circa 240 BC, using geometry, trigonometry and a knowledge of the angles of elevation of the sun, at the same time at two different locations.

Measuring planet Earth

Measuring planet Earth

 

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