Modern Replication of Eratosthenes' Measurement of the Circumference of Earth

Autor/inn/en	Longhorn, Morgana; Hughes, Stephen
Titel	Modern Replication of Eratosthenes' Measurement of the Circumference of Earth
Quelle	In: Physics Education, 50 (2015) 2, S.175-178 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-9120
DOI	10.1088/0031-9120/50/2/175
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Science Experiments; Earth Science; Foreign Countries; Measurement Techniques; History; Institutional Cooperation; International Cooperation; Geographic Location; Australia; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Earth sciences; Geowissenschaften; Ausland; Messtechnik; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Australien; Neuseeland
Abstract	Twenty-two hundred years ago, the Greek scientist Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the Earth. This paper describes an experiment to replicate Eratosthenes' experiment with observers located in Australia and New Zealand. The most accurate circumference produced in the experiment described in this paper is 38,874?km, measured at Rosebud, Victoria, Australia, and Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia with an error of 2.9%. This exceeds the accuracy of Eratosthenes, although not of the modern recreation of his experiment between Syene and Alexandria. The experiment described in this paper might form a useful model for cooperation between schools in different countries. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01