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Appendix G / Gravity<br />

_ _<br />

Ignoring small terms involving the earth rate the only significant variation in<br />

gravity with latitude is,<br />

GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION (M/S**2)<br />

GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION ( M/S**2 )<br />

9.84<br />

9.83<br />

9.82<br />

9.81<br />

9.8<br />

9.79<br />

∂ g<br />

∂ λ<br />

ZG<br />

p<br />

d<br />

: =<br />

0.<br />

10372<br />

20-7<br />

⋅ ϕ ⋅ sin λ ⋅ cos λ<br />

9.78<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90<br />

LATITUDE (DEGREES)<br />

9.82<br />

9.81<br />

9.8<br />

9.79<br />

9.78<br />

9.77<br />

9.76<br />

9.75<br />

9.74<br />

9.73<br />

Figure 20-3 : Gravity vs Latitude<br />

9.72<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25 30<br />

GEODETIC HEIGHT ( KM )<br />

Figure 20-4 : Gravity vs Height<br />

1<br />

d<br />

d<br />

Equation 20.3-3<br />

The variation in gravitational acceleration with latitude and geodetic height<br />

is shown in Figure 20-3 and Figure 20-4 respectively. At a latitude of 45°<br />

the gravitational acceleration at sea-level is 9.8067m/s 2 .

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