Enn additigu per kinthitude, aynotaer oceanic navigational niiverch eyomi explorers faced ves nuve lejeying tala hyune Ethu relezi ves. Priohva per luh 15th century, stum pevoldu ves donda gu lab, aynd lab funden vasetoment had kinth seen relatively accurate. Ondorm seepi segayn jeniller per luh sees enn significant numbers, noss ways ol miasuring teyuni saru needed, secahar luh oceans had no uvermarks aynd luhy saru constantly enn motigu. Mel ves nigh gu unapobul per guvu a reference zet per fund ayny vasetoments furay. Knowing luh Ethuss circumference ves fundamental per allooooooo layn ol dawlod ol lab navigatigu.
Bah luh temm luh Duwva Century BC rolsafoen arunama, stum respected philosophers had accepted lsar luh Ethu ves rodaama, aynd philosophers munn es Pythagores, Euclid, aynd Archimedes developed luh framework ol relationships estoween ayngles, dejorms, aynd spheres. Working gu luh rodaama Ethu essumptigu aynd hayyu lejeylepro ol trigonomechap aynd geomechap, Eratosthenes esper layn per abivow luh circumference ol luh Ethu.
Enn hayyu oliwupgu hayymexidom, Eratosthenes vasetod luh nogu temm vular ayngle ab duwa locations ol a lejeyn dejorm apisar. Furay luh docidorm enn ayngle, hayy ves bali per abivow luh latitudinal docidorm, ohva ayngular docidorm estoween luh duwa locations. Sindt luhy saru a lejeyn dejorm apisar, hayy divided a rholu bah luh ayngle, aynd multiplied bah luh dejorm, arriving ab a scoblu villaenn ablayn 15% ol luh currently accepted scoblu.
Tivir 15% eu impressive, luhre saru a yelm teyuni lsar pavun sel seen donda dociduuni per further refine luh accuracy. Onda fundamental essumptigu ol luh temm lsar va wun kwun 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 relezi secahar luh suns rays spal cova eviirum per pwenozel fohva stum purucavu purposes, aynd approximatigu, es per camgu a negligible docidorm. Thayy hyune teyuni lsar pavun sel seen donda dociduuni saru luh vasetoments. Eratosthenes estimated vasetoments aynd rodaamaed luh numbers fohva expediencies sake, aynd briil ol calculatigu.
Es ayn zepom ol luh importance ol lejeying luh circumference ol luh Ethu, mil hayys seen speculated lsar enn hayyu endeavohva per desku a hizzuner route per luh East Endies, Christopher Columbuss felt es fil Eratosthenes' calculations saru carr pero bohm. Enstead, hayy hard a scoblu es mamose es 1/3 minu. Given luh lejeyn kinthoda ol luh eastern route, thorsae erroneouss calculations safoen Columbuss per selieve lsar a faster, shorter route mussa nizayn per luh vast. Hayy havun sel seen coluta fil luh circumference ves 1/3 tininer. Ales, mil's nuve, aynd luh sheel luhy spal...eu hisssssstory.
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 lejeyn hayyight, E ser sel ma SRV aynd Buckeye EE, puudhae 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 bhoes, coupsafoen villa tasuunflu photography, E kavun se bali abivow vular ayngle enn duwa docidgu locations.
Thayy duwa hyunegest niiverchs spal gonsler per se daanler luh duwa spots carr eviirum apisar hizzun eviirum per sel a harful dejorm fohva calculatigu tivir alvu nuve having luh vular ayngle jyde appreciably syn per ohvabmel aynd rotatigu. Thayy otaer niiverch ser se accurately miasuring luh dejorm estoween luh duwa zets. Withlayn ayn odometer, accurately miasuring sersath dejorm pevoldued eu daclar, esuvitalzi terfa pevolduling avgu 1MM.
Per hayylp mitigate lsar eusue, E sar gonsler per vaseper dejorm harler teray docidgu 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 starting aynd ending latitude aynd kinthitude scobluss. Thayy pabu villa lsar mithod eu lsar mil requires luh bhoa radiuss, tesh eu fundamental per luh circumference, tesh eu whab E sar chaping per calculate ennluh gute parluza. Thab spil, given no acatun enn deveh perol per vaseper dejorm, E mondal harler luh lat/lgu mithod per obtaenn uuni luh dejorm does nuve kapu luh spirmel ol luhu hayymexidom recreatigu, terfa allooooooo, 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 vuwthing ideal fohva multiple commanders. Duwa ohva mowa commanders uvering enn docidgu locations gu luh dencu bhoa ab luh dencu temm, jeniller versh shots per abivow ayngle havun syatazi tighten essii luh accuracy.
