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William Sjogren

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  • GRAIL map of the Moon's gravity field
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    NASA scientists Paul Muller and William Sjogren discovered that as the spacecraft passed over certain surface regions, the stronger gravity field caused the craft to dip slightly and speed up. Muller and Sjogren used the Doppler-shifted radio signals of the spacecraft to make the first detailed gravity map of the…

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    NASA scientists Paul Muller and William Sjogren discovered that as the spacecraft passed over certain surface regions, the stronger gravity field caused the craft to dip slightly and speed up. Muller and Sjogren used the Doppler-shifted radio signals of the spacecraft to make the first detailed gravity map of the…

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