The impact of the new Earth gravity models on the measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect with a new satellite

New Astronomy

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 616-635

  Iorio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a Unita di Italia 68   (Italy)

Author keywords

LAGEOS satellites; Lense Thirring effect; New Earth gravity models; New satellite

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

LAGEOS; LENSE-THIRRING EFFECT; NEW EARTH GRAVITY MODELS; NEW SATELLITE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 21644486695     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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