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Search: id:A125125
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| A125125 |
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Decimal expansion of the Earth's gravitational constant (mass of Earth's atmosphere included) of the World Geodetic System 1984 Ellipsoid, second upgrade. |
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OFFSET
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14,1
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COMMENT
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Closely aligned with ITRF93, 29 Sept 96 onwards.
The new World Geodetic System is called WGS 84. It is currently the reference system being used by the Global Positioning System. It is geocentric and globally consistent within +-1 m.
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REFERENCES
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H. Moritz, Geodetic Reference System 1980, Journal of Geodesy 74 (1): 128-162, 2000. (not WGS 84)
Thaddeus Vincenty, Direct and inverse solutions of geodesics on the ellipsoid with application of nested equations, Survey Review XXII (176): 88-93, 1975.
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LINKS
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Office of GEOINT Sciences, World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84).
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, National Geodetic Survey, Survey Review, Thaddeus Vincenty, Direct and Inverse Solutions of Goedesics on the Ellipsoid with Application of Nested Equations, Vol. XXIII, No. 176, April, 1975. (an application)
U.S. Dept. of Defense, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Technical Report, WGS 1984, Its Definition and Relationships with Local Geodetic Systems.
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Advisory Circular 90-45A, Appendix J, Computation of Geodesic Information, 2/21/75.
WGS, World Geodetic System, 1984.
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, World Geodetic System.
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EXAMPLE
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GM = (3986004.418 +- 0.008) * 10^8 m^3/s^2.
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MATHEMATICA
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(* first do *) Needs["GeometricalGeodesy`ReferenceEllipsoids`"]
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A125123, A125124, A125126.
Sequence in context: A086872 A054792 A090347 this_sequence A016624 A021263 A081803
Adjacent sequences: A125122 A125123 A125124 this_sequence A125126 A125127 A125128
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KEYWORD
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cons,nonn
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AUTHOR
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Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com) & Thomas H. Meyer (thomas.meyer(AT)uconn.edu), Nov 21 2006
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