Proper Mass Estimations

momentito

14th January 2008 - 12:28 AM

Estimation of Planetary Masses within our Solar System can be calculated with the precision of the calculated speed of light approximately 186282fps.

I just looked up the mass of the Earth as being 5.98 x 10^24.
That couldn't be wrong by much more than ten million million million tons should it.

The mass of a planet can be calculated by a spacecraft by measuring a radio-signal spectral shift when the craft from a known and appropriate angle begins to accelerate from the gravitational field of the planet.

momentito

14th January 2008 - 01:34 AM

To give everyone some idea of what 10 million million million tons is, it would be equall to the mass of an Icy Asteroid 3000Km in diameter (Almost the diameter of the Moon).

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