Dragging of inertial frames

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7158, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Ciufolini, Ignazio ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGE; DRAG; INERTIA; PHILOSOPHY;

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRAVITY; INTERFEROMETRY; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; VELOCITY;

EID: 34548489623     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06071     Document Type: Review

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