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The author investigated the Earth’s relativistic gravity field and the coordinate transformation between the geocentric star-fixed system and the geocentric earth-fixed system. The standard measure rod and clock are defined as those which are at rest and at infinity with respect to the geocentric star-fixed system. Compared with gravity, gravitation is more fundamental. The definition of the equifrequency geoid is proposed. Based on this definition the geopotential difference as well as the height difference between two arbitrary stations (even if they are far away from each other) on the Earth’s surface can directly be determined using the frequency shift method.
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Shen, W. (1998). Investigations of the Earth’s Relativistic Gravity Field. In: Forsberg, R., Feissel, M., Dietrich, R. (eds) Geodesy on the Move. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 119. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72245-5_33
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