An assessment of the systematic uncertainty in present and future tests of the lense-thirring effect with satellite laser ranging

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 363-381

  Iorio, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental tests of gravitational theories; Harmonics of the gravity potential field; Satellite orbits

Indexed keywords

EARTH'S GRAVITY FIELDS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GENERAL RELATIVITY; GEOPOTENTIALS; GLOBAL SOLUTIONS; GRACE MISSION; GRAVITATIONAL THEORY; GRAVITOMAGNETIC FIELD; GRAVITY POTENTIAL; HARMONIC COEFFICIENTS; LENSE-THIRRING; LENSE-THIRRING EFFECT; MULTIPOLAR EXPANSION; OBLATENESS; ORBITAL PERTURBATION; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SATELLITE ORBIT; SPINNING BODIES; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; TEST PARTICLES;

CENTRIFUGATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ORBITS; ROCKETS; SPACECRAFT; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 75749140982     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9478-1     Document Type: Article

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