On Friday, March 20th, students and teachers from our school participated in the Eratosthenes experiment - on the day of the vernal equinox, the moment when the sun occupies a certain position (local noon), calculated the Earth's circumference using a simple rod, shadow and mathematics.Many teachers and students of our school took part in the realization of the experiment.
Our best measurements were 41 021,6904 km km and 39 456,64 km.
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