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2010-06-04 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2010-06-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 If you believe everything I read, the effect of gravity on satellites has been used, by measuring the minute variations in distance between them, to measure the local gravity of earth. From this, they conclude the local sea level varies by over 200 feet. I think it was 150' low to 75' high, but it may have been the other way. Less gravity = higher sea level.

When they show me a study that proves that CO2 reduces gravity, then I'll move to higher ground.

Posted by Bobby 2010-06-04 06:24|| 2010-06-04 06:24|| Front Page Top

#2 I tried to find the original article, but the best/quickest was this:

The Earth's shape resembles an ellipsoid (its equatorial radius is about 21 kilometers (13 miles) greater than its polar radius) but it is not a perfect ellipsoid. Because of this resemblance, an ellipsoid is used to approximate the bulk of the Earth's shape, and departures from the ellipsoid are represented by the geoid elevation above or below the ellipsoid. The geoid can be as low as 106 meters (350 feet) below the ellipsoid or as high as 85 meters (280 feet) above.
GRACE

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Here's an example of how it works. The two GRACE satellites are traveling in space, both 500 kilometers above the earth. As the front satellite approaches an area of higher gravity, it will be pulled toward the area of higher gravity and speed up. This increases the distance betweenthe two satellites. As the satellites straddle the area of higher gravity, the front satellite will slow down and the trailing satellite will speed up. As the trailing satellite passes the area of higher gravity, it will slow down and the lead satellite will not be affected. As the satellites move around the Earth, the speeding up and slowing down of the satellites will allow scientists to measure the distance between the two satellites, and, therefore, map the earth's gravity field.

Is this a great planet, or what?

Posted by Bobby 2010-06-04 06:45|| 2010-06-04 06:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Move to the mountains and build a house on giant stilts and extend your life, relatively speaking.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-06-04 11:23|| 2010-06-04 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 So can they tip-over and capsize?

Posted by Hank Johnson 2010-06-04 11:50|| 2010-06-04 11:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Picture Tuvalu's PM, jumping up and down screaming "SINK, DAMN YOU!"

Posted by mojo 2010-06-04 12:08|| 2010-06-04 12:08|| Front Page Top

#6 ION TOPIX > EARTHQUAKE RISK CALCULATOR GOES GLOBAL. GEM = G_lobal E_arthquake M-odel/Measurement Project may be in place by Year 2013 iff not sooner.

versies

SPACEWEATHER.COM > NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS [electric-blue clouds].

D *** NG IT,MORIARITY, NO QUE SA "BLUE THUNDER" [Movie-TV Series],BUT "BLUE LIGHTNING" OER/ESTA GUAM-WESTPAC.

RAZZLE-DAZZLE = VECTOR-CHANGING USDOD "BLUE LASERS" IN THE [Guam]NIGHT/POST-MIDNITE SKY???

OLD SONG > "AFTER MIDNIGHT".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-06-04 23:59|| 2010-06-04 23:59|| Front Page Top

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