On the measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect using the nodes of the LAGEOS satellites, in reply to "on the reliability of the so-far performed tests for measuring the Lense-Thirring effect with the LAGEOS satellites" by L. Iorio

New Astronomy

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 636-651

  Ciufolini, I ^a   Pavlis, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitation; Gravitomagnetism; Laser ranging; Lense Thirring; Relativity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS;

GRAVITOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; LAGEOS SATELLITES; LENSE-THIRRING EFFECTS; ORBITAL SIMULATION;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 23044458550     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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