principle. Thus, gravimeters can be regarded as special-purpose accelerometers. Many weighing scales may be regarded as simple gravimeters. In one common...

The Lunar Traverse Gravimeter was a lunar science experiment, deployed by astronauts on the lunar surface in 1972 as part of Apollo 17. The goal of the...

The Lunar Surface Gravimeter (LSG) was a lunar science experiment that was deployed on the surface of the Moon by the astronauts of Apollo 17 on December...

for use as a gravimeter instrument to measure the local acceleration of gravity. Its advantage is that, unlike previous pendulum gravimeters, the pendulum's...

such as accelerometers and seismometers. Historically they were used as gravimeters to measure the acceleration of gravity in geo-physical surveys, and even...

the rate of heat flow from the interior of the Moon, a Lunar Surface Gravimeter (LSG), to measure alterations in the lunar gravity field at the site,...

ensuing shock. A gravimeter or gravitometer, is an instrument used in gravimetry for measuring the local gravitational field. A gravimeter is a type of accelerometer...

his dissertation on the defects of the gravimeters used at that time. Vening Meinesz then designed a new gravimeter, which the KNMI (Royal Dutch Meteorological...

Pendulums used in Mendenhall gravimeter apparatus, from 1897 scientific journal. The portable gravimeter developed in 1890 by Thomas C. Mendenhall provided...

are employed. Gravity is measured using gravimeters, of which there are two kinds. First are absolute gravimeters, based on measuring the acceleration of...

Science Foundation and NASA. Richard was involved in the Lunar Surface Gravimeter experiment that was proposed by Joseph Weber to NASA in the early sixties...

Virtanen, Heikki (2006). Studies of earth dynamics with the superconducting gravimeter (PDF) (Dissertation). University of Helsinki. Archived from the original...

Laboratories' Primary Standards Laboratory Micro-g LaCoste: FG‑5 absolute gravimeter, (diagram), used in national laboratories to measure gravity to 2 μGal...

acceleration combining gravitational and centrifugal effects) with a gravimeter. Thus the mass of the object is defined in terms of a current and a voltage—...

Gravimeter with variant of Repsold–Bessel pendulum...

locations in a region of interest, using a portable instrument called a gravimeter. Careful analysis of the gravity data allows geologists to make inferences...

seismic reflection soundings deep into the Earth's mantle), magnetometer, gravimeter, 3.5 kHz and 12 kHz sonar transducers, and precision depth recorders....

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gravitational effect of the pole tide is easily detected by the superconducting gravimeter. The International Latitude Observatories were established in 1899 to...

coils persisted for 28 years, 7 months, 27 days in a superconducting gravimeter in Belgium, from August 4, 1995 until March 31, 2024. In such instruments...

metrologist. He coinvented the modern gravimeter and invented the zero-length spring and vehicle-mounted gravimeters. He was also co-founder of LaCoste Romberg...

gravitometer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gravitometer may refer to: Gravimeter, an instrument for measuring the local gravitational field Hydrometer...

high-precision inertial navigation systems for sea vessels and mobile gravimeters for use on the sea shelf. JPL · 11444 11445 Fedotov 1978 SC7 Victor Andreevich...

property to measure the local acceleration of gravity, and is called a gravimeter. The moment of inertia of a complex system such as a vehicle or airplane...

is much smaller than the Eötvös effect. The most common design for a gravimeter for field work is a spring-based design; a spring that suspends an internal...

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gravitational geophysics. The fluctuations are measured with highly sensitive gravimeters, the effect of topography and other known factors is subtracted, and...

beneath the castle are currently used by the Polish Academy of Sciences for gravimeter measuring, while several WWII-era tunnels are accessible to the public...

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objects, or determining water depth (bathymetry). Physical scientists use gravimeters to determine the exact size and shape of the earth and they contribute...