Is it possible to improve the present LAGEOS-LAGEOS II lense-thirring experiment?

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5473-5480

  Iorio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a Dipartimenio di Fisica dell   (Italy)

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EID: 0036421748     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/21/312     Document Type: Article

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