Physics for Geologists, Second edition
Physics for Geologists, Second edition
Physics for Geologists, Second edition
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Appendix 139<br />
What would happen if you first took a bucket of water from the lake, then<br />
put it in the dinghy, and then tipped the water into the lake? What happens<br />
to sea level when icebergs melt?<br />
Miscellaneous quantities<br />
Angstrom (Angstram) (A)<br />
Planck's constant (h)<br />
Gas constant (R)<br />
Speed of light in vacuum (co)<br />
Earth's equatorial radius (a)<br />
Earth's polar radius (6)<br />
Earth's mean radius (2a + b)/3 (RE)<br />
Earth's flattening f = (a - b)/a (f)<br />
Earth's mean mass density<br />
Earth's mass (ME)<br />
Earth's massIMoon's mass<br />
Sun's mass/Earth's mass<br />
Mean distance Earth to Moon<br />
Mean distance Earth to Sun<br />
Gravitational constant (G)<br />
Geocentric gravitational constant (GM)<br />
g at sea level in Latitude 45 "<br />
g at Equator<br />
g at Poles<br />
Period of Earth's rotation<br />
Magnetic permeability of vacuum (bo)<br />
Velocity of sound, air, 20 "C<br />
Velocity of sound, water, 20 "C<br />
Copyright 2002 by Richard E. Chapman