General relativity experiments in space

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1209-1219

  Keiser, G M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; LAUNCHING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOON; SPACECRAFT; TRANSPONDERS;

LENSE-THIRRING EFFECT; NORDTVEDT EFFECT; RETROREFLECTORS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

PHYSICS; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0346829891     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90320-6     Document Type: Article

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