Proposed experiment for detection of absolute motion
in [Relativity]
|
From: JT on 16 Jul 2010 13:25 On 16 Juli, 18:34, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/16/10 8:26 AM, Sam Wormley wrote: > > > On 7/16/10 1:51 AM, JT wrote: > >> On 15 Juli, 20:56, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Little weak on the unit conversions,JT? > >>>http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.72921158553E-4+rad%2Fs+in+rpm > > >> Oh i also noted you did not answer, admit you have no idea about > >> earths absolute rotation velocity in RPM. > > >> You are just as slow as usual, just handwaving that is what bots are > >> good for no critical thinking going. > >> JT > > > Try not to be so stooopid, JT, I gave you the answer in rpm here: > >http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.72921158553E-4+rad%2Fs+in+rpm > > .00069634577038 rpm Well would be nice to know where you got ***0.72921158553E-4 rad/s*** from, i tried google it turned out your the only one who used those numbers, are you sure this is just not juggle art? Are you a juggler Sam, where did you get those numbers. JT
From: Sam Wormley on 16 Jul 2010 13:38 On 7/16/10 12:25 PM, JT wrote: > On 16 Juli, 18:34, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 7/16/10 8:26 AM, Sam Wormley wrote: >> >>> On 7/16/10 1:51 AM, JT wrote: >>>> On 15 Juli, 20:56, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> Little weak on the unit conversions,JT? >>>>> http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.72921158553E-4+rad%2Fs+in+rpm >> >>>> Oh i also noted you did not answer, admit you have no idea about >>>> earths absolute rotation velocity in RPM. >> >>>> You are just as slow as usual, just handwaving that is what bots are >>>> good for no critical thinking going. >>>> JT >> >>> Try not to be so stooopid, JT, I gave you the answer in rpm here: >>> http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.72921158553E-4+rad%2Fs+in+rpm >> >> .00069634577038 rpm > > Well would be nice to know where you got ***0.72921158553E-4 rad/s*** > from, i tried google it turned out your the only one who used those > numbers, are you sure this is just not juggle art? > > Are you a juggler Sam, where did you get those numbers. > > JT You are not up on this are you? http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/sathtml/gpsdoc2010_06a.html > NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY > GPS PRECISE EPHEMERIDES, SATELLITE CLOCK PARAMETERS > AND SMOOTHED OBSERVATIONS > > PRECISE EPHEMERIS > > Earth-centered Earth-fixed trajectory > Coordinate system: WGS84 (G1150) > Position -- x,y,z (km) > Velocity -- dx/dt,dy/dt,dz/dt (dm/s) > GPS time -- year, day, hour, minute > Trajectory interval: 15 min. > Standard Trajectory referenced to satellite center of mass > Optional Trajectory referenced to satellite antenna phase center > > > SATELLITE CLOCK PARAMETERS > > Clock parameters for each satellite: > Time offset (microseconds) > Frequency offset (10E-4 microsec/s = parts in 10E10) > Time interval for parameters: 15 min. > Satellite clock events: All events processed as reinitializations > > > SMOOTHED OBSERVATIONS > > Smoothed range and range difference observations (km) with corrections > applied (see below) > GPS time of observation (year, day, seconds from beginning of day) > Standard deviation of observation (km) > Coordinate system: WGS84 (G1150) > Station coordinates: Position -- x,y,z (m), Epoch 2001.0 > Velocity -- dx/dt,dy/dt,dz/dt (m/year) > Temperature (degrees Celsius) > Pressure (millibars) > Humidity (percent) > Data interval: 15 min. > Smoothing uses carrier phase to smooth range and range difference > measurements collected at a 1.5 second rate for NGA and Air Force > monitor stations and at a 30 second rate for IGS monitor stations > Minimum elevation angle for observation: 10 degrees > National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Air Force monitor station data > collected and smoothed using similar procedures > References: Computer Program Development Spec., Master Control > Station, Ephemeris/Clock Computer Program, NAVSTAR GPS Operational > Control System Segment, CP-MCSEC-302C, Part 1, Appendix A, 7 May 1993. > Description of the Smoothing Algorithm in the NGA Monitor Station > Network, (MSN29), Applied Research Laboratories, The University of > Texas at Austin, GR-SGG-97-1, 3 April 1997. > > > PHYSICAL CONSTANTS > > GM(Earth) = 398600.4418 km**3/s**2 > GM(Sun) = 132712400000 km**3/s**2 > GM(Moon) = 4902.799186 km**3/s**2 > Moon radius = 1738 km > Sun radius = 696000 km > Earth semi-major axis (a) = 6378.137 km > Inverse flattening (1/f) = 298.257223563 > Earth angular velocity = 0.72921158553 X 10**-4 Rad/s > Speed of light = 299792.458 km/s > Love's constant = 0.290 > Solar constant = 4.560 X 10**-6 N/m**2 > Astronomical Unit = 149597870.691 km > > > STATION COORDINATES (CARTESIAN) > WGS84 (G1150) Epoch 2001.0 > COORDINATES ARE IN METERS > VELOCITIES ARE IN METERS/YEAR > > ID X (m) Y (m) Z (m) > 85128) AMC1 -1248599.616 -4819441.045 3976490.143 > -.0179 .0010 -.0037 > 85129) ASCN 6118523.959 -1572350.788 -876463.966 > -.0025 -.0048 .0102 > 85130) DGAR 1916197.038 6029998.760 -801737.324 > -.0422 .0203 .0307 > 85131) KWGL -6160884.189 1339851.890 960843.048 > .0207 .0673 .0270 > 85132) HAWI -5511980.267 -2200247.059 2329480.888 > -.0095 .0630 .0298 > 85143) CAPE 918988.120 -5534552.966 3023721.377 > -.0102 -.0015 .0015 > -------------------------------------------------- > 85402) AUSA -3939182.131 3467075.376 -3613220.824 > -.0408 .0036 .0473 > 85403) ARGA 2745499.065 -4483636.591 -3599054.582 > .0021 -.0100 .0070 > 85404) ENGD 3981776.642 -89239.095 4965284.650 > -.0138 .0165 .0077 > 85405) BAH1 3633910.281 4425277.149 2799862.429 > -.0297 .0091 .0253 > 85406) ECUA 1272867.329 -6252772.124 -23801.818 > .0030 .0004 .0099 > 85407) USNO 1112160.327 -4842854.274 3985496.368 > -.0148 -.0001 .0010 > 85410) ALAS -2296298.460 -1484805.050 5743080.090 > -.0222 -.0036 -.0092 > 85411) NZLD -4780787.718 436877.170 -4185259.709 > -.0235 .0192 .0220 > 85412) SAFR 5066232.133 2719226.969 -2754392.735 > .0001 .0209 .0140 > 85413) SKOR -3067863.123 4067641.035 3824295.830 > -.0290 -.0076 -.0102 > 85414) TAHI -5246403.866 -3077285.554 -1913839.459 > -.0425 .0468 .0291 > > > STATION COORDINATES (GEODETIC) > WGS84 (G1150) Epoch 2001.0 > > ID LAT (deg N) LONG (deg E) ELLIPSOID HT (m) > > 85128) 38.80293823 255.47540511 1911.811 > 85129) -7.95132970 345.58786971 106.382 > 85130) -7.26984340 72.37092199 -64.333 > 85131) 8.72250080 167.73052657 39.733 > 85132) 21.56149103 201.76066969 425.854 > 85143) 28.48373800 279.42769549 -24.005 > -------------------------------------------------- > 85402) -34.72900041 138.64734499 38.155 > 85403) -34.57370168 301.48070059 48.747 > 85404) 51.45374284 358.71610888 163.097 > 85405) 26.20914022 50.60814451 -14.707 > 85406) -.21515762 281.50639203 2922.537 > 85407) 38.92056568 282.93370406 57.872 > 85410) 64.68794025 212.88703366 176.570 > 85411) -41.27264988 174.77870783 47.892 > 85412) -25.74634609 28.22403736 1416.405 > 85413) 37.07756804 127.02403172 51.792 > 85414) -17.57703053 210.39381438 99.927 > > > > CORRECTIONS APPLIED TO MEASUREMENTS > > Ionospheric delay: 2-frequency, 1st order correction > Tropospheric refraction: Saastamoinen hydrostatic and wet zenith delay > models and Niell hydrostatic and wet mapping functions > Periodic relativistic effects > > > Satellite antenna offset (satellite body centered coordinates, meters) > Block II PRN's - Delta x= 0.2794, Delta y= 0.0000, Delta z= 0.9519 > > Block IIA PRN's - Delta x= 0.2794, Delta y= 0.0000, Delta z= 0.9519 > > Block IIR PRN 02 - Delta x= -0.0099, Delta y= 0.0061, Delta z= -0.0820 > Block IIR PRN 11 - Delta x= 0.0019, Delta y= 0.0011, Delta z= 1.5141 > Block IIR PRN 13 - Delta x= 0.0024, Delta y= 0.0025, Delta z= 1.6140 > Block IIR PRN 14 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= 0.0002, Delta z= 1.6137 > Block IIR PRN 16 - Delta x= -0.0098, Delta y= 0.0060, Delta z= 1.6630 > Block IIR PRN 18 - Delta x= -0.0098, Delta y= 0.0060, Delta z= 1.5923 > Block IIR PRN 19 - Delta x= -0.0079, Delta y= 0.0046, Delta z= -0.0180 > Block IIR PRN 20 - Delta x= 0.0022, Delta y= 0.0014, Delta z= 1.6140 > Block IIR PRN 21 - Delta x= 0.0023, Delta y= -0.0006, Delta z= 1.5840 > Block IIR PRN 22 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= -0.0009, Delta z= 0.0598 > Block IIR PRN 23 - Delta x= -0.0088, Delta y= 0.0035, Delta z= 0.0004 > Block IIR PRN 28 - Delta x= 0.0019, Delta y= 0.0007, Delta z= 1.5131 > > Block IIR-M PRN 01 - Delta x= 0.01245, Delta y= -0.00038, Delta z= -0.02283 > Block IIR-M PRN 05 - Delta x= 0.00292, Delta y= -0.00005, Delta z= -0.01671 > Block IIR-M PRN 07 - Delta x= 0.00127, Delta y= 0.00025, Delta z= 0.00056 > Block IIR-M PRN 12 - Delta x= -0.01016, Delta y= 0.00587, Delta z= -0.09355 > Block IIR-M PRN 15 - Delta x= -0.00996, Delta y= 0.00579, Delta z= -0.01227 > Block IIR-M PRN 17 - Delta x= -0.00996, Delta y= 0.00599, Delta z= -0.10060 > Block IIR-M PRN 29 - Delta x= -0.01012, Delta y= 0.00591, Delta z= -0.01512 > Block IIR-M PRN 31 - Delta x= 0.00160, Delta y= 0.00033, Delta z= -0.05750 > > Block IIF PRN 25 - Delta x= 0.39200, Delta y= 0.00200, Delta z= 1.09300 > > > Station displacement due to tides > Yaw Bias: JPL yaw bias model for Block II and IIA satellites in eclipse > > > FORCE MODELING > > Gravitational: > EGM96 Earth gravity model truncated at degree 12 and order 12 > Solar and Lunar gravity using the DE403 ephemeredes, J2000 epoch, > and IAU Resolutions on Astronomical Constants, Time Scales, and > the Fundamental Reference Frame (1976-1980) > Solid Earth tides > > Non-gravitational: > Radiation Pressure > The JPL TJPLXYZ03 - II/IIA version model for Block II and IIA satellites > The JPL TJPLXYZ03 - IIR version model for Block IIR satellites > The ?????? - IIF version model for Block IIF satellites > Thrusts > Momentum dumps > > Kinematic: > Luni-solar and planetary precession (IAU Resolutions, as above) > Nutation (IAU Resolutions, as above) > Earth rotation (IAU Resolutions, as above) > Polar Motion (using NGA initial values generated the week before > the orbit fit) + diurnal and semi-diurnal effects > UT1-UTC (using NGA initial values generated the week before the > orbit fit) + Zonal tide effects + diurnal and semi-diurnal effects > > Integration step size: 300 seconds, reduced to 10 seconds during > eclipse boundary crossings > > > ORBIT ESTIMATION METHOD > > Kalman Filter/RTS Smoother (Square Root Information implementation) > Initial conditions: From previous fit > Solution parameters: > Satellite state vector in element form at trajectory epoch -- > semi-major axis > eccentricity * sin(argument of perigee) > eccentricity * cos(argument of perigee) > inclination > mean anomaly + argument of perigee > right ascension of the ascending node > Satellite clock parameters -- Time offset, Frequency offset > Monitor station clock parameters (excluding master station) -- > Time offset, Frequency offset > Polar motion parameters -- Pole and pole rate components along > Greenwich meridian, Pole and pole rate components along > meridian 90 deg west of Greenwich, Rate of change and > acceleration of UT1-UTC > Satellite radiation pressure parameters -- Radiation pressure > scale, and Y-axis acceleration > Tropospheric refraction -- One stochastic zenith delay > parameter per station > Minimum range observation uncertainty(1-sigma):100 cm (IGS Stations) > 80 cm (AF Station 85130) > 40 cm (Other AF and NGA stations) > Minimum range difference observation uncertainty (1-sigma): 1.5 cm > Process noise in Kalman Filter: > Radiation pressure (each satellite)-- > Decorrelation time 14,400 s > Steady state sigmas -- > SCALE 0.05 > Y-AXIS 0.5 X 10**-12 km/s**2 > Tropospheric refraction variance rate: 2.89 cm**2/hr > Station clock white noise spectral density: (each station) -- > Time offset 0.1111 X 10**-2 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.1111 X 10**-8 (ppm)**2/s > Satellite clock white noise spectral density: (each satellite) > Time offset 0.1111 X 10**-2 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.1111 X 10**-8 (ppm)**2/s > Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s > > > SATELLITE CLOCK ESTIMATION METHOD > > Kalman Filter/RTS Smoother (Square Root Information implementation) > Orbit solutions from above method are held fixed for satellite clock > estimation > Solution parameters: > Satellite clock parameters -- Time offset, Frequency offset > Monitor station clock parameters (excluding master station) -- > Time offset, Frequency offset > Tropospheric refraction -- One stochastic zenith delay parameter > per station. > Minimum range observation uncertainty(1-sigma):100 cm (IGS Stations) > 80 cm (AF Station 85130) > 40 cm (Other AF and NGA stations) > Minimum range difference observation uncertainty (1-sigma): 15.0 cm > Process noise in Kalman Filter: > Tropospheric refraction variance rate: 2.89 cm**2/hr > > Station clock white noise spectral densities: > NGA stations (except USNO) and Air Force stations (except Colorado Springs): > Time offset 0.1944 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.4440 X 10**-19 (ppm)**2/s > NGA station at USNO and Air Force station at Colorado Springs: > Time offset 0.1380 X 10**-9 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.4440 X 10**-19 (ppm)**2/s > IGS stations: > Time offset 0.3456 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.4440 X 10**-19 (ppm)**2/s > > Satellite clock white noise spectral densities: > Satellite Block IIR/IIF Rubidium clocks > Time offset 0.8640 X 10**-9 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-18 (ppm)**2/s > Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s > Satellite Block II/IIA Rubidium clocks > Time offset 0.1944 X 10**-8 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-18 (ppm)**2/s > Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s > Satellite Cesium clocks > Time offset 0.13824 X 10**-7 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.1000 X 10**-17 (ppm)**2/s > Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s > Satellite 'Noisy' Cesium clocks > Time offset 0.2000 X 10**-7 (microseconds)**2/s > Frequency offset 0.1110 X 10**-16 (ppm)**2/s > Frequency drift 0. (ppm/s)**2/s > > > Reference: Swift, E., Mathematical Description of the GPS Multi-Satellite > Filter/Smoother, NSWCDD Report (Oct. 2001). > > > > > >
From: Sam Wormley on 16 Jul 2010 13:40 On 7/16/10 12:18 PM, JT wrote: > On 16 Juli, 15:26, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 7/16/10 1:51 AM, JT wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 15 Juli, 20:56, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On 7/15/10 11:39 AM,JTwrote: >> >>>>> On 15 Juli, 15:22, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> On 7/15/10 7:16 AM,JTwrote: >> >>>>>>> So what do you suppose the ship rotate relative (i said it rotate at >>>>>>> 100 000RPM relative earth but what make you say it is really rotating, >>>>>>> so tell me what is the real rotational RPM and versus what i guess you >>>>>>> do not hold our earth for the origo of nonerotation?) >> >>>>>> Rotation is absolute. Laser gyro measures rotation. >> >>>>> So Sam what RPM does earth rotate with. >> >>>>> JT >> >>>> Little weak on the unit conversions,JT? >>>> http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.72921158553E-4+rad%2Fs+in+rpm >> >>> Oh i also noted you did not answer, admit you have no idea about >>> earths absolute rotation velocity in RPM. >> >>> You are just as slow as usual, just handwaving that is what bots are >>> good for no critical thinking going. >>> JT >> >> Try not to be so stooopid, JT, I gave you the answer in rpm here: >> http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.72921158553E-4+rad%2Fs+in+rpm > > And this would be the absolut rotation or the rotation relative sun? This is "rotation" relative to the whole universe.
From: Androcles on 16 Jul 2010 13:42 "Craig Markwardt" <craig.markwardt(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:76251d45-3897-47ba-8be2-d5f1933f0a8d(a)q12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... On Jul 15, 7:50 am, GSS <gurcharn_san...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jul 14, 8:55 pm, Craig Markwardt <craig.markwa...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jul 10, 12:57 pm, GSS <gurcharn_san...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> Friends, > >> Last year I had held detailed discussions in these forums, on > >> the feasibility of experimental detection of absolute motion. > >>http://groups.google.com/group/sci.astro/browse_frm/thread/e24d067ec6... > >> Subsequently I compiled a formal paper titled "Proposed experiment for > >> detection of absolute motion" and submitted to Physics Essays (An > >> International Journal dedicated to fundamental questions in Physics) > >> for publication. After a detailed peer review, this paper has now been > >> published in this journal [http://www.physicsessays.com/]. The > >> abstract of this paper is reproduced below. > > > This paper is an example of poor refereeing by the reviewer and also > > your own neglect of criticism that occurred in the previous thread. > > As noted by Mark L. Ferguson now - and myself a year ago - you have > > assumed something which is not SR as your starting point, and thus, > > your conclusions are irrelevant regarding SR. Your fundamental error > > is that you assumed that somehow the clocks attached to the moving > > "spacecraft" were simultaneously synchronized in the spacecraft frame > > and a "universal" frame. Since this is impossible in SR, your > > conclusions are invalid. Even a marginally knowledgable reviewer > > should have picked up on this. > > > The irony is that your paper does attempt to derive the up- and down- > > link times using the principles of SR in section 2, but then you > > immediately discard the results because it does not provide the answer > > you desire. The truth is that - assuming the principles of SR - the > > up- and down-link times *will* be different as measured by observers > > co-moving in two different frames with their own co-moving clocks. In > > fact, by exchanging up- and down-link timing information after the > > observations were taken, the two observers could estimate their > > relative velocity. But this is not a measurement of "absolute" > > motion. That is, unless you could have already placed one observer at > > "absolute rest" before the experiment started, which presupposes what > > you are trying to measure in the first place. This was noted one year > > ago, but you ignored it. > > At the end of section 2 I have stated, "The inability to directly > measure the signal propagation times T_u and T_d in the stationary > reference frame K, is not due to any technological limitations, but is > a logical consequence of the relativity of time and the corresponding > clock synchronization constraints, induced by the second postulate of > SR. Therefore, if we begin by assuming the validity of the second > postulate of SR, we cannot detect absolute motion because successful > detection of such absolute motion will itself invalidate the second > postulate of SR." > > You keep stressing that I must invalidate SR by first using the > infrastructure of SR and then demonstrating the internal > contradictions in it. However, I have repeatedly clarified to you that > there are no mathematical contradictions in SR which could have been > demonstrated the way you want it. What I want is irrelevant. If you admit that SR is internally consistent ======================================== Bwahahahahahahahaha! If you admit you are a clueless lunatic I'll tell you why it isn't.
From: JT on 16 Jul 2010 13:53
On 16 Juli, 19:38, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/16/10 12:25 PM, JT wrote: > > > > > > > On 16 Juli, 18:34, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 7/16/10 8:26 AM, Sam Wormley wrote: > > >>> On 7/16/10 1:51 AM, JT wrote: > >>>> On 15 Juli, 20:56, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> Little weak on the unit conversions,JT? > >>>>>http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.72921158553E-4+rad%2Fs+in+rpm > > >>>> Oh i also noted you did not answer, admit you have no idea about > >>>> earths absolute rotation velocity in RPM. > > >>>> You are just as slow as usual, just handwaving that is what bots are > >>>> good for no critical thinking going. > >>>> JT > > >>> Try not to be so stooopid, JT, I gave you the answer in rpm here: > >>>http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.72921158553E-4+rad%2Fs+in+rpm > > >> .00069634577038 rpm > > > Well would be nice to know where you got ***0.72921158553E-4 rad/s*** > > from, i tried google it turned out your the only one who used those > > numbers, are you sure this is just not juggle art? > > > Are you a juggler Sam, where did you get those numbers. > > > JT > > You are not up on this are you? > http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/sathtml/gpsdoc2010_06a.html > > > > > NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY > > GPS PRECISE EPHEMERIDES, SATELLITE CLOCK PARAMETERS > > AND SMOOTHED OBSERVATIONS > > > PRECISE EPHEMERIS > > > Earth-centered Earth-fixed trajectory > > Coordinate system: WGS84 (G1150) > > Position -- x,y,z (km) > > Velocity -- dx/dt,dy/dt,dz/dt (dm/s) > > GPS time -- year, day, hour, minute > > Trajectory interval: 15 min. > > Standard Trajectory referenced to satellite center of mass > > Optional Trajectory referenced to satellite antenna phase center > > > SATELLITE CLOCK PARAMETERS > > > Clock parameters for each satellite: > > Time offset (microseconds) > > Frequency offset (10E-4 microsec/s = parts in 10E10) > > Time interval for parameters: 15 min. > > Satellite clock events: All events processed as reinitializations > > > SMOOTHED OBSERVATIONS > > > Smoothed range and range difference observations (km) with corrections > > applied (see below) > > GPS time of observation (year, day, seconds from beginning of day) > > Standard deviation of observation (km) > > Coordinate system: WGS84 (G1150) > > Station coordinates: Position -- x,y,z (m), Epoch 2001.0 > > Velocity -- dx/dt,dy/dt,dz/dt (m/year) > > Temperature (degrees Celsius) > > Pressure (millibars) > > Humidity (percent) > > Data interval: 15 min. > > Smoothing uses carrier phase to smooth range and range difference > > measurements collected at a 1.5 second rate for NGA and Air Force > > monitor stations and at a 30 second rate for IGS monitor stations > > Minimum elevation angle for observation: 10 degrees > > National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Air Force monitor station data > > collected and smoothed using similar procedures > > References: Computer Program Development Spec., Master Control > > Station, Ephemeris/Clock Computer Program, NAVSTAR GPS Operational > > Control System Segment, CP-MCSEC-302C, Part 1, Appendix A, 7 May 1993. > > Description of the Smoothing Algorithm in the NGA Monitor Station > > Network, (MSN29), Applied Research Laboratories, The University of > > Texas at Austin, GR-SGG-97-1, 3 April 1997. > > > PHYSICAL CONSTANTS > > > GM(Earth) = 398600.4418 km**3/s**2 > > GM(Sun) = 132712400000 km**3/s**2 > > GM(Moon) = 4902.799186 km**3/s**2 > > Moon radius = 1738 km > > Sun radius = 696000 km > > Earth semi-major axis (a) = 6378.137 km > > Inverse flattening (1/f) = 298.257223563 > > Earth angular velocity = 0.72921158553 X 10**-4 Rad/s > > Speed of light = 299792.458 km/s > > Love's constant = 0.290 > > Solar constant = 4.560 X 10**-6 N/m**2 > > Astronomical Unit = 149597870.691 km > > > STATION COORDINATES (CARTESIAN) > > WGS84 (G1150) Epoch 2001..0 > > COORDINATES ARE IN METERS > > VELOCITIES ARE IN METERS/YEAR > > > ID X (m) Y (m) Z (m) > > 85128) AMC1 -1248599.616 -4819441.045 3976490.143 > > -.0179 .0010 -.0037 > > 85129) ASCN 6118523.959 -1572350.788 -876463.966 > > -.0025 -.0048 .0102 > > 85130) DGAR 1916197.038 6029998.760 -801737.324 > > -.0422 .0203 .0307 > > 85131) KWGL -6160884.189 1339851.890 960843.048 > > .0207 .0673 .0270 > > 85132) HAWI -5511980.267 -2200247.059 2329480.888 > > -.0095 .0630 .0298 > > 85143) CAPE 918988.120 -5534552.966 3023721.377 > > -.0102 -.0015 .0015 > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 85402) AUSA -3939182.131 3467075.376 -3613220.824 > > -.0408 .0036 .0473 > > 85403) ARGA 2745499.065 -4483636.591 -3599054.582 > > .0021 -.0100 .0070 > > 85404) ENGD 3981776.642 -89239.095 4965284.650 > > -.0138 .0165 .0077 > > 85405) BAH1 3633910.281 4425277.149 2799862.429 > > -.0297 .0091 .0253 > > 85406) ECUA 1272867.329 -6252772.124 -23801.818 > > .0030 .0004 .0099 > > 85407) USNO 1112160.327 -4842854.274 3985496.368 > > -.0148 -.0001 .0010 > > 85410) ALAS -2296298.460 -1484805.050 5743080.090 > > -.0222 -.0036 -.0092 > > 85411) NZLD -4780787.718 436877.170 -4185259.709 > > -.0235 .0192 .0220 > > 85412) SAFR 5066232.133 2719226.969 -2754392.735 > > .0001 .0209 .0140 > > 85413) SKOR -3067863.123 4067641.035 3824295.830 > > -.0290 -.0076 -.0102 > > 85414) TAHI -5246403.866 -3077285.554 -1913839.459 > > -.0425 .0468 .0291 > > > STATION COORDINATES (GEODETIC) > > WGS84 (G1150) Epoch 2001..0 > > > ID LAT (deg N) LONG (deg E) ELLIPSOID HT (m) > > > 85128) 38.80293823 255.47540511 1911.811 > > 85129) -7.95132970 345.58786971 106.382 > > 85130) -7.26984340 72.37092199 -64.333 > > 85131) 8.72250080 167.73052657 39.733 > > 85132) 21.56149103 201.76066969 425.854 > > 85143) 28.48373800 279.42769549 -24.005 > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 85402) -34.72900041 138.64734499 38.155 > > 85403) -34.57370168 301.48070059 48.747 > > 85404) 51.45374284 358.71610888 163.097 > > 85405) 26.20914022 50.60814451 -14.707 > > 85406) -.21515762 281.50639203 2922.537 > > 85407) 38.92056568 282.93370406 57.872 > > 85410) 64.68794025 212.88703366 176.570 > > 85411) -41.27264988 174.77870783 47.892 > > 85412) -25.74634609 28.22403736 1416.405 > > 85413) 37.07756804 127.02403172 51.792 > > 85414) -17.57703053 210.39381438 99.927 > > > CORRECTIONS APPLIED TO MEASUREMENTS > > > Ionospheric delay: 2-frequency, 1st order correction > > Tropospheric refraction: Saastamoinen hydrostatic and wet zenith delay > > models and Niell hydrostatic and wet mapping functions > > Periodic relativistic effects > > > Satellite antenna offset (satellite body centered coordinates, meters) > > Block II PRN's - Delta x= 0.2794, Delta y= 0.0000, Delta z= 0.9519 > > > Block IIA PRN's - Delta x= 0.2794, Delta y= 0.0000, Delta z= 0.9519 > > > Block IIR PRN 02 - Delta x= -0.0099, Delta y= 0.0061, Delta z= -0.0820 > > Block IIR PRN 11 - Delta x= 0.0019, Delta y= 0.0011, Delta z= 1.5141 > > Block IIR PRN 13 - Delta x= 0.0024, Delta y= 0.0025, Delta z= 1.6140 > > Block IIR PRN 14 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= 0.0002, Delta z= 1.6137 > > Block IIR PRN 16 - Delta x= -0.0098, Delta y= 0.0060, Delta z= 1.6630 > > Block IIR PRN 18 - Delta x= -0.0098, Delta y= 0.0060, Delta z= 1.5923 > > Block IIR PRN 19 - Delta x= -0.0079, Delta y= 0.0046, Delta z= -0.0180 > > Block IIR PRN 20 - Delta x= 0.0022, Delta y= 0.0014, Delta z= 1.6140 > > Block IIR PRN 21 - Delta x= 0.0023, Delta y= -0.0006, Delta z= 1.5840 > > Block IIR PRN 22 - Delta x= 0.0018, Delta y= -0.0009, Delta z= 0.0598 > > Block IIR PRN 23 - Delta x= -0.0088, Delta y= 0.0035, Delta z= 0.0004 > > Block IIR PRN 28 - Delta x= 0.0019, Delta y= 0.0007, Delta z= 1.5131 > > > Block IIR-M PRN 01 - Delta x= 0.01245, Delta y= -0.00038, Delta z= -0.02283 > > Block IIR-M PRN 05 - Delta x= 0.00292, Delta y= -0.00005, Delta z= -0.01671 > > Block IIR-M PRN 07 - Delta x= 0.00127, Delta y= 0.00025, Delta z= 0.00056 > > Block IIR-M PRN 12 - Delta x= -0.01016, Delta y= 0.00587, Delta z= -0.09355 > > Block IIR-M PRN 15 - Delta x= -0.00996, Delta y= 0.00579, Delta z= -0.01227 > > Block IIR-M PRN 17 - Delta x= -0.00996, Delta y= 0.00599, Delta z= -0.10060 > > Block IIR-M PRN 29 - Delta x= -0.01012, Delta y= 0.00591, Delta z= -0.01512 > > Block IIR-M PRN 31 - Delta x= 0.00160, Delta y= 0.00033, Delta z= -0.05750 > > > Block IIF PRN 25 - Delta x= 0.39200, Delta y= 0.00200, Delta z= 1.09300 > > > Station displacement due > > ... > > läs mer » Well i can see an idiot ***trying*** to answer our rotation relative the sun as RPM, but the idiot said he could give us the absolute rotation of earth in RPM. But however i am still curious how you draw the conclusion. 360 / (24 * 60) = 0.25 degrees /min http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.25+degrees+/min+to+RPM 6.94x10^-4 rpm (revolutions per minute) JT |