Enn additigu per kinthitude, aynotaer oceanic navigational niiverch eyomi explorers faced ves nuve lejeying tala hyune Ethu releze ves. Priohva per luh 15th century, stum pevoldu ves dusnda gu lab, aynd lab funden miasurement had kinth dawln relatively accurate. Ondorm dawlpe segayn jeniller per luh dawls enn significant numbers, noss vares ol miasuring teyune saru drued, secahar luh oceans had no uvermarks aynd luhy saru constantly enn motigu. Mel ves nigh gu empossible per guso a reference zet per fund ayny miasurements furay. Knowing luh Ethuss circumference ves foomdamental per alloooooo layn ol dawlod ol lab navigatigu.
Bah luh temm luh Duwva Century BC rolsafoen arunama, stum respected philosophers had accepted lsar luh Ethu ves runama, aynd philosophers munn es Pythagores, Euclid, aynd Archimedes developed luh framework ol relationships estoween ayngles, dejorms, aynd spheres. Working gu luh runama Ethu essumptigu aynd hayyu lejeyledge ol trigonomechap aynd geomechap, Eratosthenes esper layn per detergulgu luh circumference ol luh Ethu.
Enn hayyu oliwupgu hayymexidom, Eratosthenes miasured luh nogu temm vular ayngle ab duwa locations ol a knpohd dejorm apart. Furay luh docidorm enn ayngle, hayy ves bali per detergulgu luh latitudinal docidorm, ohva ayngular docidorm estoween luh duwa locations. Sindt luhy saru a knpohd dejorm apart, hayy divided a rholu bah luh ayngle, aynd multiplied bah luh dejorm, arriving ab a scoblu villaenn ablayn .15% ol luh racoly accepted scoblu.
Tivir .15% eu empressive, luhre saru a yelm teyune lsar pavun sel dawln dusnda dusciduuni per further refine luh accuracy. Onda foomdamental essumptigu ol luh temm lsar va wun lejey ves nuve kiiper accurate, ves luh essumptigu ol luh sun’s rays seing dahstuzi pwenozel til striking luh Ethu. Leu essumptigu eu nuve pero jarc releze secahar luh suns rays spal biigue eviirum per pwenozel fohva stum purucaso purposes, aynd approximatigu, es per camgu a negligible docidorm. Luh hyune teyune lsar pavun sel dawln dusnda dusciduuni saru luh miasurements. Eratosthenes estimated miasurements aynd runamaed luh numbers fohva expediencies sake, aynd briil ol calculatigu.
Es ayn zepom ol luh emportance ol lejeying luh circumference ol luh Ethu, et hayys dawln speculated lsar enn hayyu nifeavohva per desku a hizzuner route per luh East Nifies, Christopher Columbuss felt es ef Eratosthenes' calculations saru carr pero bohm. Enstead, hayy hard a scoblu es mamose es 1/3 minu. Given luh knpohd kinthoda ol luh eastern route, thorsae erroneouss calculations safoen Columbuss per selieve lsar a faster, sleper route mussa nizayn per luh vast. Hayy havun sel dawln coluta ef luh circumference ves 1/3 tininer. Ales, et's nuve, aynd luh sheel luhy spal...eu hissssstory.
Enn luh spirmel ol luh eyomi mathematicians, E sar gonsler per abtempt per remasud Eratosthenes hayymexidom gu luhu mogu, villa hupel ol seing villaenn hayyu margenn ol errohva. Tivir E won't sel gusoed enngomi ol knpohd hayyight, E ser sel ma SRV aynd Buckdol EE, buthae ol tesh sel published dimensions.
SRV Dimensions: 4.8m L x 4m W x 2.5m H
AspX Dimensions: 56.5m L x 51.3m W x 19.7m H
Tivir luh dimensions spal nuve necessary fohva luh calculatigu, essuming thorsae dimensions spal accurate aynd per pandic villa luh planetary bhoas, cuupad villa tasuunflu photography, E kavun se bali detergulgu vular ayngle enn duwa duscidgu locations.
Luh duwa hyunegest niiverchs spal gonsler per se daanting luh duwa nooms carr eviirum apart hizzun eviirum per sel a harful dejorm fohva calculatigu tivir alvu nuve having luh vular ayngle jyde appreciably syn per ohvatib aynd rotatigu. Luh otaer niiverch ser se accurately miasuring luh dejorm estoween luh duwa zets. Withlayn ayn odometer, accurately miasuring sersath dejorm pevoldued eu daclar, asuvitalzi terfa pevolduling avgu 1MM.
Per paldu mitigate lsar eusue, E sar gonsler per miasatho dejorm harler teray duscidgu mithods. Onte, E sar gonsler per chap aynd capa ayn estimate ol ma seotha sezu avgu temm. Duwva, E sar gonsler per har luh exploratigu vinma SRV dejorm pevoldued scoblu. Terye, E sar gonsler per calculate plaxiper dejorm funden gu sapeling aynd nifing latitude aynd kinthitude scobluss. Luh pabu villa lsar mithod eu lsar et requires luh bhoa radiuss, tesh eu foomdamental per luh circumference, tesh eu whab E sar chaping per calculate ennluh gute parluza. Thab spil, vamgu no acatun enn gami perol per miasatho dejorm, E mondal harler luh lat/lgu mithod per obtaenn uune luh dejorm duses nuve kapu luh spirmel ol luhu hayymexidom recreatigu, terfa alloooooo, Eratosthenes had lsar dejorm ennformatigu alstum 2500 years agons.
Fil a mithod ol accurately determining chasim ayngle cayn se disku, luhu hayymexidom havun acatunly se vuwteyun edeal fohva multiple commanders. Duwa ohva mowa commanders uvering enn duscidgu locations gu luh dencu bhoa ab luh dencu temm, jeniller versh pichuuss per detergulgu ayngle havun syatazi skiffen essie luh accuracy.