The shadows cast by buildings and towers in cities and by montains in the countryside

ABSTRACT Often astronomers of the Observatório Nacional are asked about how the shadow cast from a building or a tower to be built will impact crowded areas; in which way they would interfere with the wellfare by depriving population from sunlight. The same problem arises when agronomers plan areas...

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Main Author: João Luiz Kohl Moreira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172003000100008&lng=en&tlng=en