ellipsoid gravity. Like the different navigation frames presented in Chapter 3, there are many models for the Earth's geometry and gravity. These models are based on parameters that have been assigned ...
In a new model published in ... and where on Earth the risk of this is greatest. Coastal sediments and soils have a good capacity to bind metal pollutants. Low oxygen levels and slow decomposition ...
It is difficult to imagine the difference in size between the Sun and Earth, or the distance between them. This activity will help you to visualise it. If you create this model, the Earth and Sun ...
This last collision, also known as the “moon-forming impact,” was so large that—in addition to adding lots of material to the Earth—there was enough energy to vaporize some of the rock and metal from ...
The celestial map adorning the walls of Earth Hall provides a beautiful backdrop to the Museum's giant metal Earth sculpture. One of the most intact Stegosaurus fossils ever found takes pride of place ...