Ahmednagar, India
March 2009
Flag | City | Country | School | Latitude (°) +N/-S | Longitude (°) +E/-W |
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Ahmadnagar | India | Bhaskaracharya astronomy center | 19.083 | 74.750 |
Date | Gnomon | Shadow | Angle |
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March 20 | 100 cm | 35.5 cm | 19°32’ = 19.545° |
Ahmadnagar | India |
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Research Center | Bhaskaracharya |
Longitude | 74°45’ E |
Latitude | 19°05’ N |
Angle | +19°33’ = +19,55° |
Bhaskaracharya astronomy research centre in Ahmadnagar,Maharashtra and Mr. Dinesh nisang is asociate with.
He took initiative to do experiment to find out the circumference of the earth.
- place : Ahmadnagar, INDIA, Maharashtra
latitude : 19.0833 degree
distance from equator : 19.0833 x111.111 = 2120.36 km
length of device : 100 cm.
length of shadow : 35.5 cm.
angle= 19.54°
circumference of the earth= 2120.36 x360/ 19.54 =763331.23/19.54 = 39065.05 km.
Ahmadnagar | India |
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Research Center | Bhaskaracharya |
Longitude | 74°45’ E |
Latitude | 19°05’ N |
Angle | +19°33’ = +19,55° |
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