A comment on the paper "On the orbit of the LARES satellite", by I. Ciufolini

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1198-1200

  Iorio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earth gravity field; Lense Thirring effect; New satellite; Polar orbits

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITAL TRANSFER;

EARTH GRAVITY FIELDS; EARTH GRAVITY MODELS; LENSE-THIRRING EFFECT; POLAR ORBITS; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 34447105292     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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