The impact of the even zonal harmonics secular variations on the Lense-Thirring effect measurement with the two LAGEOS satellites

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1989-2023

  Lucchesi, David M ^a,b  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

General relativity; GRACE and CHAMP missions; Gravitational perturbations; LAGEOS satellites; Lense Thirring effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644447016     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271805008169     Document Type: Article

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