GOCE
The “Potsdam Gravity Potato” Shows Variations in Earth’s Gravity
People tend to think of gravity here on Earth as a uniform and consistent thing. Stand anywhere on the globe,…
GOCE Satellite Plunges Back to Earth Without Incident
ESA’s GOCE satellite has reentered Earth’s atmosphere, with most of the spacecraft disintegrating high in the atmosphere. There have been…
GOCE Spacecraft Will Likely Make Uncontrolled Re-entry This Weekend
The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has been orbiting Earth in super-low orbits since 2009, mapping…
Sleek GOCE Spacecraft Will Have Uncontrolled Re-entry into Earth’s Atmosphere
The sleek and sexy-looking GOCE spacecraft has been mapping Earth’s gravity for over four years, but soon its xenon fuel…
GOCE Data Close Up: Around the World in Lumpy, Geoidy 3-D
[/caption] Grab your red/cyan 3-D glasses and take a look at these marvelous new anaglyphs created by Nathanial Burton-Bradford from…
New Results from GOCE: Earth is a Rotating Potato
Although they aren't particularly fond of the comparison, scientists from the GOCE satellite team had to admit that new data…
Earth’s Gravity Seen in HD
[/caption] The sleek and sexy-looking GOCE satellite has provided a new, finely detailed look at Earth's gravity – in high…
GOCE Satellite Begins Mapping Earth’s Gravity in Lower Orbit Than Expected
[/caption] Is Earth's gravity field as intriguing and misshapen as this image above? We're about to find out. The sexy…