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Gravity Probe B / Spaceflight / Gyroscope / Fused quartz / Superfluid / SQUID / Quartz / Superconductivity / Helium / Physics / Matter / Phases of matter
Date: 2008-04-16 15:32:13
Gravity Probe B
Spaceflight
Gyroscope
Fused quartz
Superfluid
SQUID
Quartz
Superconductivity
Helium
Physics
Matter
Phases of matter

Bonded to the rear of the telescope is a fused quartz block containing the centerpieces of the GP-B mission, four fused quartz gyroscopes. These 1.5inch gyroscopes spin at 4,000 rpm inside housings arely larger than the

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