A test of general relativity using radio links with the Cassini spacecraft

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6956, 2003, Pages 374-376

  Bertotti, B ^a   Iess, L ^b   Tortora, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Università degli Studi di Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; PHOTONS; RADIO LINKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACECRAFT; SUN;

RADIO PHOTONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; GRAVITY; ION TRANSPORT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0141620355     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01997     Document Type: Article

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