Template:Did you know nominations/Lunar Traverse Gravimeter

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 04:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Lunar Traverse Gravimeter

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Apollo 17 Pre-flight lab photo of the Traverse Gravimeter

... that the Lunar Traverse Gravimeter's primary accelerometer was based on those operational on SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles? Source: TRAVERSE GRAVIMETER EXPERIMENT FINAL REPORT & MIT Vibrating String Surface-ShipGravimeter
- Reviewed #1: Template:Did you know nominations/Ray cat
- Reviewed #2: Template:Did you know nominations/Mars Society

Created by Seddon (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 10 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Lunar Traverse Gravimeter; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral : Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed : Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I did not know that, but am not surprised. That is what I would have done. It was state of the art and (although the article does not say this) was also designed by the Draper Laboratory Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)