Design Blueprint: A Formation-Flying Gravitational Gradiometer Mapping the Gradient Field for a Fifth-Coordinate Signature
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Design blueprint derived from the source paper (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24142314): This paper presents a space mission design, computed from stated assumptions and not measured, built to measure one quantity: the gravity-gradient anomaly attributed to a fifth-coordinate coupling at orbital altitude, for which the design case adopts 85 milli-Eotvos. Status: DESIGN BLUEPRINT — SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED — NOT BUILT. All numbers are simulated values from the source paper's computation, deposited with this blueprint as compute.py and results.json. AI-use disclosure: Dave, an AI research system, assisted with the computation and drafting under the author's direction; author of record William Alexander Aldred.
Author: Aldred, William Alexander
Language: English
Subfield: Geophysics
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225775352