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 jointly...
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Gravity Probe B (GP-B) was a satellite-based experiment whose objective was to test two previously-unverified predictions of general relativity: the geodetic...
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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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onward, including the two Voyager probes' notable flybys of Jupiter and Saturn. A gravity assist around a planet changes a spacecraft's velocity (relative...
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General relativity (redirect from Warping of space by gravity)
satellite Gravity Probe B to a precision of better than 0.3%. Near a rotating mass, there are gravitomagnetic or frame-dragging effects. A distant observer...
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physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight'), also known as gravitation or a gravitational interaction, is a fundamental interaction, a mutual attraction...
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Gravitational time dilation (redirect from Gravity Time Relation)
refined by Gravity Probe A and other experiments. Gravitational time dilation is closely related to gravitational redshift, in which the closer a body emitting...
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London moment (section Gravity Probe B)
the Gravity Probe B experiment measured changes in gyroscope spin axis orientation to better than 0.5 milliarcseconds (1.4×10−7 degrees) over a one-year...
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destination. It includes planetary probes, solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets. Flybys (such as gravity assists) that were incidental to the...
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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 to make observations of...
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with Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity naturally arises, as opposed to being described as a fundamental force in Newton's static Euclidean...
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Frame-dragging (category Effects of gravity)
the rotation, as seen by a distant observer. It is now the best known frame-dragging effect, partly thanks to the Gravity Probe B experiment. Qualitatively...
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the Gravity Probe A satellite, launched in 1976, which showed gravity and velocity affect the ability to synchronize the rates of clocks orbiting a central...
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Archives Néerlandaises. 5: 253–78. Puri, A. (2015). "Einstein versus the simple pendulum formula: does gravity slow all clocks?". Physics Education. 50...
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pendulum Franck–Hertz experiment Geiger–Marsden experiment Gravity Probe A and Gravity Probe B Hafele–Keating experiment Homestake experiment Kite experiment...
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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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(GPa), a unit of pressure Glenopolar angle Gradient pattern analysis Granulomatosis with polyangiitis Gravida/para/abortus, in medicine Gravity Probe A (GP-A)...
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Introduction to general relativity (redirect from Einstein's theory of gravity)
a body's gravitational influence, it is useful to think about what physicists call probe or test particles: particles that are influenced by gravity,...
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Gyroscope (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
to better than 0.5 milliarcseconds (1.4x10-7 degrees) over a one-year period" "Gravity Probe B – Extraordinary Technologies" (PDF). Archived from the original...
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Michelson–Morley experiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from EB9)
optical resonators, etc. This is in large part due to predictions of quantum gravity that suggest that special relativity may be violated at scales accessible...
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in the 1970s included the Laser Geodynamics Satellite (LAGEOS) and Gravity Probe A. In LAGEOS, laser beams from 35 ground stations are reflected by 422...
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Gravitoelectromagnetism (category Effects of gravity)
gravitomagnetism. A group at Stanford University is currently[when?] analyzing data from the first direct test of GEM, the Gravity Probe B satellite experiment...
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angular 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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Work function (section Kelvin probe method)
sensitive apparatus that rely on a perfectly uniform vacuum, such as Casimir force experiments and the Gravity Probe B experiment. Critical apparatus...
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gravitational force equivalent is a mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (symbol g or g0, not to be confused...
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for the Gravity Probe B general relativity experiment. It was chosen for this purpose because its microwave radio emissions are observable with a large...
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in Gravity Probe B during launch. Due to Earnshaw's theorem, no static arrangement of classical electrostatic fields can be used to stably levitate a point...
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relativity, such as the Pound–Rebka experiment and Gravity Probe A. In the Hafele–Keating experiment, there was a slight increase in gravitational potential due...
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An interstellar probe is a space probe that has left—or is expected to leave—the Solar System and enter interstellar space, which is typically defined...
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Tianwen-4 (redirect from Chinese Jupiter probe)
using Venus & Earth gravity assists. Targeting Jupiter capture by Dec 2035 & a Uranus flyby in March 2045, the mission includes 2 probes, one exploring Jupiter's...
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