History of the attempts to measure orbital frame-dragging with artificial satellites

• Authors: Giacomo Renzetti
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An annotated guide to navigate the intricate history of the attempts to measure the Lense-Thirring orbital precessions with artificial satellites is offered to the reader.

Keywords

EN

experimental studies of gravity; experimental tests of gravitational theories; satellite orbits; harmonics of the gravity potential field

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 531-544

Dates

published

1 - 5 - 2013

online

28 - 7 - 2013

Contributors

author

Giacomo Renzetti

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