Gravity Probe B (GP-B) was a satellite-based experiment to test two unverified predictions of general relativity: the geodetic effect and frame-dragging...
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Gravity Probe A (GP-A) was a space-based experiment to test the equivalence principle, a feature of Einstein's theory of relativity. It was performed...
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Gravity Probe may refer to: Gravity Probe A Gravity Probe B This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gravity Probe. If an internal...
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The Gravity Probe B mission timeline describes the events during the flight of Gravity Probe B, the science phase of its experimental campaign, and the...
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London moment (section Gravity Probe B)
can be extremely accurate and stable. For example, those used in the Gravity Probe B experiment measured changes in gyroscope spin axis orientation to better...
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Frame-dragging (category Effects of gravity)
Jeff. "Gravity Probe B scores 'F' in NASA review". New Scientist. Retrieved 2023-09-17. "Gravity Probe B – MISSION STATUS". "Gravity Probe B finally...
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by interplanetary probes from Mariner 10 onward, including the two Voyager probes' notable flybys of Jupiter and Saturn. A gravity assist around a planet...
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factor of about 100. The existence of gravitomagnetism was proven by Gravity Probe B (GP-B), a satellite-based mission which launched on 20 April 2004. The...
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massive object should twist spacetime around it, was confirmed by Gravity Probe B results in 2011. In 2015, the LIGO observatory detected faint gravitational...
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Gravitoelectromagnetism (category Effects of gravity)
currently[when?] analyzing data from the first direct test of GEM, the Gravity Probe B satellite experiment, to see whether they are consistent with gravitomagnetism...
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momentum of a gyroscope orbiting the Earth, as carried out by the Gravity Probe B experiment. The geodetic effect was first predicted by Willem de Sitter...
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effects of gravity. It was used, for instance, in Robert Millikan's oil drop experiment and is used to suspend the gyroscopes in Gravity Probe B during launch...
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"Gravity Probe B – Extraordinary Technologies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011. "Gravity Probe B –...
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also the co-principal investigator (co-PI) and program manager on Gravity Probe B, which tested gravitomagnetism and was the first direct mechanical...
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General relativity (redirect from Warping of space by gravity)
S2CID 120160056 Everitt, C. W. F.; Buchman, S.; DeBra, D. B.; Keiser, G. M. (2001), "Gravity Probe B: Countdown to launch", in Lämmerzahl, C.; Everitt, C....
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game streamer Granny Peace Brigade, an American peace organizations Gravity Probe B, a satellite-based test of general relativity Grosse Pointe Blank,...
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public awareness of it is due to its use as the guide star for the Gravity Probe B general relativity experiment. It was chosen for this purpose because...
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Orders of magnitude (acceleration) (redirect from Orders of magnitude (gravity))
acceleration Mechanical shock Standard gravity International System of Units (SI) SI prefix Stanford University: Gravity Probe B, Payload & Spacecraft, and NASA:...
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Magnetic field (redirect from B-Field)
finest precision for a magnetic field measurement was attained by Gravity Probe B at 5 aT (5×10−18 T). Visualizing magnetic fields The field can be visualized...
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Work function (section Kelvin probe method)
perfectly uniform vacuum, such as Casimir force experiments and the Gravity Probe B experiment. Critical apparatus may have surfaces covered with molybdenum...
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A SQUID is the sensor in each of the four gyroscopes employed on Gravity Probe B in order to test the limits of the theory of general relativity. A...
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The Parker Solar Probe (PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 with the mission of making...
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1073/pnas.1018027108. PMC 3093466. PMID 21518884. Stanford University: Gravity Probe B, Payload & Spacecraft Archived October 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine...
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measurement of this frame dragging effect was done in 2011 by the Gravity Probe B experiment. Roughly speaking, this effect predicts that objects coming...
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nationalmaglab.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29. Range, Shannon K'doah. Gravity Probe B: Examining Einstein's Spacetime with Gyroscopes. National Aeronautics...
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exceeded only by two of the four fused-quartz gyroscope rotors flown on Gravity Probe B, which were manufactured in the late 1990s and given their final figure...
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consultation. Ion thruster systems, components, and consultation. Gravity Probe B systems and components. Liquid Helium management components. Orbital...
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principle to test the no-hair theorems of general relativity. The Gravity Probe B satellite, launched in 2004 and operated until 2005, detected frame-dragging...
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customers. Among the more notable payloads of this era are Aqua, Aura, Gravity Probe B, and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Additionally,...
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Introduction to general relativity (redirect from Einstein's theory of gravity)
to fame in sections 16b and 16c. Everitt, C.W.F.; Parkinson, B.W. (2009), Gravity Probe B Science Results—NASA Final Report (PDF), retrieved 2009-05-02...
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