Earth's Gravity Field (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Earth's Gravity Field

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Knowledge of Earth's gravity field formerly was based on data from geodetic satellites (left). GRACE data is more than 100 times more accurate, characterizing how Earth's gravity field varies over time and space (right). Data from emerging atom-optics technology may be even more accurate.

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