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• Geodesy — (pronEng|dʒiːˈɒdɪsi [OED] ), also called geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three dimensional time varying… …   Wikipedia

• Satellite geodesy — is the measurement of the form and dimensions of the Earth, the location of objects on its surface and the figure of the Earth s gravity field by means of satellite techniques. In other words, geodesy by means of satellites. It belongs to the… …   Wikipedia

• Datum (geodesy) — Geodesy Fundamentals Geodesy · …   Wikipedia

• History of geodesy — See also the main article on Geodesy. Humanity has always been interested in the Earth. During very early times this interest was limited, naturally, to the immediate vicinity of home and residency, and the fact that we live on a near spherical… …   Wikipedia

• Royal Astronomical Society — This article is about the British Society. For the Canadian Society, see Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The entrance to the Royal Astronomical Society at Burlington House. The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society that… …   Wikipedia

• Physical geodesy — [ NOAA)] Physical geodesy is the study of the physical properties of the gravity field of the Earth, the geopotential, with a view to their application in geodesy.Measurement procedureTraditional geodetic instruments such as theodolites rely on… …   Wikipedia

• Reino Antero Hirvonen — (1908 ndash; 1989) was a famous Finnish physical geodesist, also well known forcontributions in mathematical and astronomical geodesy.He worked at first at the Finnish Geodetic Institute under V.A. Heiskanen on gravimetric geoid determination. In …   Wikipedia

• Abū Rayhān Bīrūnī — Infobox Muslim scholars | era = Matthew Deal image caption = Biruni on a 1973 Iranian post stamp commemorating his one thousandth anniversary | name = Abū Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad Bīrunī title= Abu Rayhan Biruni birth = 15 September 973 AD|… …   Wikipedia

• Spherical Earth — Medieval artistic representation of a spherical Earth with compartments representing earth, air, and water (c. 1400). The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to ancient Greek philosophy from around the 6th century BC …   Wikipedia

• Latitude — This article is about the geographical reference system. For other uses, see Latitude (disambiguation). Map of Earth Longitude (λ) Lines of longitude appear vertical with varying curvature in this projection, but are actually halves of great… …   Wikipedia

• Space science — is an all encompassing term that describes all of the various science fields that are concerned with the study of the Universe, generally also meaning excluding the Earth and outside of the Earth s atmosphere . Originally, all of these fields… …   Wikipedia