Space bling: 'jewelled’ LAGEOS satellites help us to measure the Earth

Alice Gorman

Space bling: 'jewelled’ LAGEOS satellites help us to measure the Earth

Alice Gorman

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Could this be one of the most beautiful satellites ever made? In fact it is one of twins, as there are two of these jewelled spheres orbiting Earth.

Original language	English
Number of pages	7
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 4 May 2017

Keywords

NASA
Plate tectonics
Satellites
Geography
Earth

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