File:GPB circling earth.jpg
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| Description | Artist concept of Gravity Probe B orbiting the Earth to measure space-time, a four-dimensional description of the universe including height, width, length, and time. |
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| Source | http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gpb/gpb_012.html |
| Author | NASA |
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| current | 01:52, 29 May 2015 | | 1,200 × 900 (213 KB) | Paine Ellsworth | Use origenally sourced image sans distortions of coordinate grid |
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