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Ries et al. 1989

Ries, J.C., Eanes, R.J., Huang, C., Schutz, B.E., Shum, C.K., Tapley, B.D., Watkins, M.M. and Yuan, D.N. (1989). Determination of the gravitational coefficient of the Earth from near-Earth satellites. Geophysical Research Letters 16: doi: 10.1029/89GL00375. issn: 0094-8276.

Laser range, doppler and altimeter data collected from 14 near-Earth satellites have been combined to determine the value of the geocentric gravitational coefficient (GM) of the Earth. A long-arc solution using 3 years of laser range data to Lageos was used in a separate determination in which the effects of general relativity were investigated. The value of GM (including the mass of the atmosphere) was determined to be 398600.4405 km3/sec2 when all corrections for general relativity are taken into account. The uncertainty (1-&sgr;) in the value of GM is estimated to be 0.001 km3/sec2. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1989

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Keywords
Geodesy and Gravity, Geopotential theory and determination

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Geophysical Research Letters
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