The Size of Earth from Seven Miles Up

The Size of Earth from Seven Miles Up

While on a vacation flight from Hawaii to California, I observed sunset occurring on clouds far below. The view triggered a vague memory about a fun article 1 published more than three decades earlier on the topic of “Doubling Your Sunsets.” Simple observations from my flight made it possible to com...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Physics teacher 2013-12, Vol.51 (9), p.555-556
1. Verfasser: Mottmann, J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Computation
Earth Science
Physics
Science Instruction
Scientific Concepts
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Zusammenfassung:While on a vacation flight from Hawaii to California, I observed sunset occurring on clouds far below. The view triggered a vague memory about a fun article 1 published more than three decades earlier on the topic of “Doubling Your Sunsets.” Simple observations from my flight made it possible to compute the Earth's radius.
ISSN:0031-921X
1943-4928
DOI:10.1119/1.4830073