1.Suppose that the two points that you or Eratosthenes used were at latitudes 35
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1.Suppose that the two points that you or Eratosthenes used were at latitudes 35d 15m 0s and 36d 30m 0s, that they were directly N-S from each other, and that the distance between them was 60 miles. According to these values the circumference of the Earth is...
2.The Earth's shadow is slightly smaller than the Earth itself. This means that the size of the Moon that you calculate will be slightly ____ than the actual size. (larger, smaller, or cant tell)
3.If you got 2000 km for the Moon's radius while the actual value is 1738 km, your percent difference is closest to...
4.
The value that you got for the radius of the MOON when you did the lab was closest to...
1400 km
2300 km
3200 km
4400 km
5600 km
1.1400 km
2.2300 km
3.3200 km
4.4400 km
5.5600 km
Explanation / Answer
1. 40,075 km
2. larger
3. 13%
The question is incomplete for answering 4th part
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