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Earth's Gravitational Shape In Detail

Posted by timothy on from the explains-my-scale's-malfunction dept.

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."

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  1. Yep very strange hole... by spacefan · · Score: -1, Troll

    Could that be responsible in gradual wobble of earth axis