A confirmation of the general relativistic prediction of the Lens-Thirring effect

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7011, 2004, Pages 958-960

  Clutolini, I ^a   Pavils, E C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EINSTEIN'S THEORY; INERTIAL FRAMES; LENS-THIRRING EFFECT;

EARTH (PLANET); MEASUREMENT ERRORS; ORBITS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SATELLITES; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

PHYSICS;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAVITY; GYROSCOPE; LENSE THIRRING EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVITY;

EID: 84891962649     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03007     Document Type: Article

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