CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE

EARTH
How did Eratosthenes work out the circumference of the Earth?

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 In the city of Syene, Erotaosthenes noticed that the reflection of the

THE STARTING sun is directly overhead when he sees that the reflection of the sun

can be seen in a bottom of a deep well.

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(Syene is pronounced sai-yin)
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He then saw if the phenomenon was happening in

Alexandria. On the next midsummer’s day, he measured

the shadow cast by an obelisk which is 7.2 degrees. He then

hires some benefits to calculate the length from Alexandria

to Syene and their calculations estimate 800 kilometres.

Conveniently, 7.2 degrees is 1/50 of a full circle meaning

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that the distance from Alexandria to Syene equates to

roughly 2% of the total earth’s surface.

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By taking this estimated distance of 800km and multiplying it by 50. He was able to determine the earth has

a total circumference of roughly 40,000km.

(The earth’s circumference is 40,075 km)

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