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bilby commented on the word potato Earth
March 31, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word potato Earth
Ooh! A geoid!
Edit: Or is it?
March 31, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word potato Earth
From Twitter:
50 minutes ago @CPPGeophysics (Jascha Polet) said:
"Nice to see discussion of gravity from GOCE satellite, but geoid is NOT constant gravity surface: http://tinyurl.com/4nvw9px (pdf lecture)"
March 31, 2011
bilby commented on the word potato Earth
"Technically speaking, the model at the top of this page is what researchers refer to as a geoid."
- Jonathon Amos, Gravity satellite yields 'Potato Earth' view, bbc.co.uk, 31 March 2011.
That's bottom of the page on Wordnik, obviously. Just because.
March 31, 2011