How to reach a few percent level in determining the Lense-Thirring effect?

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1059-1074

  Iorio, Lorenzo ^a   Doornbos, Eelco ^b  

^a Delft University of Technology ^*  (Italy)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gravitomagnetic force; Lense Thirring effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644472553     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-005-0091-2     Document Type: Article

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