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ISLAND—Inverse Square Law Acceleration Measurement Using iNertial Drift

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By using a novel free-flying, rotating, optical bench aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as the basis for a measurement of differential acceleration between two gravitating bodies, in principle the Newtonian inverse-square law and the constant of gravitation, G, can be determined at the parts in 106 level.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow, G4 0NG, Scotland, United Kingdom

    N. A. Lockerbie

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Lockerbie, N.A. ISLAND—Inverse Square Law Acceleration Measurement Using iNertial Drift. General Relativity and Gravitation 36, 593–600 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GERG.0000010732.01651.a4

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