Reference ellipsoid and geoid in chronometric geodesy
Chronometric geodesy applies general relativity to study the problem of the shape of celestial bodies including the earth, and their gravitational field. The present paper discusses the relativistic problem of construction of a background geometric manifold that is used for describing a reference el...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fspas.2016.00005/full |