Reassessment of the error modelling of non-gravitational perturbations on LAGEOS II and their impact in the Lense-Thirring derivation - Part II

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1067-1100

  Lucchesi, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data analysis; General relativity; LAGEOS satellites; Non gravitational perturbations; Satellite laser ranging

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); ERROR ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; VECTORS;

NON-GRAVITATIONAL PERTURBATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0036949917     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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