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The Shielding of Gravitation: An Old Unresolved Puzzle

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VII Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy

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Abstract

In the memory of Marussi and its memorable pendulums, made for the observations of Earth tides but used for the unexpected observations of the free modes of the Earth and the also unplanned attempt to observe the absorption of gravitation. Since we are concerned with geodesy, I will recall the result which, perhaps, is one of the most important observations obtained with the pendulums: that concerning the absorption of gravitation. I will give no new results.

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  1. Phsycis department, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    M. Caputo

  2. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

    M. Caputo

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  1. Institute of Geodesy, Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 24D, Stuttgart, 70174, Germany

    Nico Sneeuw

  2. Research Institute of Geodesy, Ondrejov, 25165, Czech Republic

    Pavel Novák

  3. Università di Roma "La Sapienza", via Eudossiana 18, Rome, 00185, Italy

    Mattia Crespi

  4. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Fernando Sansò

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Caputo, M. (2012). The Shielding of Gravitation: An Old Unresolved Puzzle. In: Sneeuw, N., Novák, P., Crespi, M., Sansò, F. (eds) VII Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22078-4_3

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