Earth's Dimensions and Movements Explained
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School Area: Earth Science
5th “B
Teacher:
Student:
Porras
Francis Kris severiche
The
The equator divides the planet
into two halves or
hemispheres.
Length of the polar Polar radius:
circle: 15996 km 0357 km
!♦2
■ to
Length of the
Equator: Equatorial
40077 km radius: 6378
Dimensions of the Earth
km
Length of a
Eratosthenes of Cyrene,
meridian: 40009
km
Tropic length: 36778
km
28 Greek astronomer,
geographer and 4
mathematician.
Efom
Sunshine
Eratosthenes, assuming that Sielongitude (really 3º apart)
and that the Sun was so far from the Earth that its rays
could be assumed parallel, measured the shadow in
Ecuador
Alexandria on the same day of the summer solstice at
-Sienna
2-Aleandria
SUNLIGHT SUNLIGHT
noon, demonstrating that the zenith of the city It was 1/50
away.
Meridian The latitude goes from 0°
(equator) to 90
(poles) and can be North or
North Pole
hemisphere
n A parallel/S
——u- meridians
South.
polar axis
WNLLAtO
eit
Ciculopola
Batalelus_ — Antaeus
r north
her
They stumble
from
Tropic of
Capricorn
Ecuador
tur
hemisphere
Parallel
Pafalelos,
Greenwich Meridian South
Pole
Antarctica
They are semicircles that pass through both
poles. They are used to determine the length HDRFE
from a point on Earth
, Arctic Circle
, Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic polar circle
are used in geographic coordinates to
determine the latitude of a place, that is, how far
far away is that point from the equator
Translation movement
nutation movement
Four are
the consequences
more derive
important that
of rotational movement :
succession of day and night, la
variation in temperature, la
shape of the Earth and la
determination of time.
Bibliography
❖ Paléphatus, Heraclitus, Anonymous Vatican, Eratosthenes, Aneus
Cornuto (2009) Greek mythographers Eratosthenes
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erat%C3%B3stenes
❖ Phillips, Tony (last edited on Apr 24, 2020 at 16:09.)
Earth Movements
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimientos_de_la_Earth
❖ Marcos Pérez (last seen on April 22, 2020 at 08:22) the meridian
https://es.vikidia.org/wiki/Meridiano
