Measurement of the Lense-Thirring drag on high-altitude, laser-ranged artificial satellites
- 27 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (4) , 278-281
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.278
Abstract
We describe a new method of measuring the Lense-Thirring relativistic nodal drag using LAGEOS together with another high-altitude, laser-ranged, similar satellite with appropriately chosen orbital parameters. We propose, for this purpose, that a future satellite such as LAGEOS II have an inclination supplementary to that of LAGEOS. The experiment proposed here would provide a method for experimental verification of the general relativistic formulation of Mach’s principle and measurement of the gravitomagnetic field.Keywords
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