The Simulation of a Gravitational Field with a Point Mass Model.

Abstract

The authors compute a point mass representation of an artificial model of the earth's anomalous gravitational field: a scaled version of the (8.4) solid spherical harmonic which is even in longitude. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0782578

Entities

People

  • James C. Perry
  • John Pinker Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Longitude
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis