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Detecting Earth's Mass Loss with GRACE Data

A project log for Experimental Verification of the NKT Law with Real

Experimental verification of the NKT Law using real NASA data from 30–31 Dec 2024. This model interpolates the masses of 8 planets with near

nguyen-khanh-tungNguyen Khanh Tung 07/17/2025 at 09:470 Comments

NASA’s GRACE and GRACE-FO missions have measured Earth’s annual mass loss, mainly from:

Using real x and v values for Earth throughout 2024, I interpolated Earth’s mass on five different dates. The result?

→ 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.

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