Sputnik as a tool for securing geodetic
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Louis Gold
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Article
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1958
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A simplified picture is employed for utilizing Sputnik tracking data (perigee, apogee, period, maximum and minimum orbital velocity) in the determination of the Earth's mass and radius. For this purpose, basic characteristics of the motion are conveniently re-expressed in terms of the perigee and ap