NASA’s GRACE and GRACE-FO missions have measured Earth’s annual mass loss, mainly from:
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Hydrogen escape
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Melting glaciers
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Groundwater depletion
Using real x and v values for Earth throughout 2024, I interpolated Earth’s mass on five different dates. The result?
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Jan 2024: 5.972198×10²⁴ kg
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Dec 2024: 5.972197×10²⁴ kg
→ Annual mass loss: ~8×10¹⁹ kg
→ This aligns closely with GRACE satellite measurements
This shows that the NKTg model is sensitive enough to detect micro-scale mass variation from only macroscopic orbital data.
Nguyen Khanh Tung
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