Welcome to the Community for the Eratosthenes Experiment for the Measurement of the Earth's Circumference! The experiment took place on the 21st of March 2014. For details on the event and the photo contest, please see here.
Welcome to the Community for the Eratosthenes Experiment 2015-19 for the Measurement of the Earth's Circumference! For details on the event and the latest photo contest, please see here and here. Guidelines for participation STEPS TO FOLLOW Find the time of your local noon at your location. Please use the web-based NOAA Solar Calculator or Solar Calculator or the Stellarium software (a short guide for using the Stellarium software to calculate your local noon at your location can be found here)
This community follows the steps of the great greek scientist of the ancient times Eratosthenes. We search information about his life and his experiements and ,at the same time, we re-do his experiement of measuring the shadow of the sun and other equivalant activities. All these take place in a more modern way and with the cooperation of some of the students and teachers community of the school.
