Satellite non-gravitational orbital perturbations and the detection of the gravitomagnetic clock effect

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 4303-4310

  Iorio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 0035538027     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/18/20/309     Document Type: Article

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