April 3, 2011 05:19 pm
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Earth's Gravitational Shape In Detail
RobHart writes "The European Space Agency (ESA) has released detailed information about the Earth's gravitational shape, based on data from the ESA's GOCE satellite (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer). The link includes an interesting animation of the data, using an appropriately distorted Earth."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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