Earth’s gravity from space

• Published in: Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali
• Main Author: Rummel, Reiner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Environmental Science; Sputnik; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12210-020-00889-8; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12210-020-00889-8.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12210-020-00889-8/fulltext.html

Abstract Satellite gravimetry began with the launch of the satellites Sputnik 1 and 2 in 1957. During the following 43 years, more and more details were discovered and the models of the Earth’s gravity could be refined. Methods improved and more and more satellite orbits and ground stations were add...