On detecting the gravitomagnetic field of the earth by means of orbiting clocks

1998/08/05 by Herbert Lichtenegger, H. I. M. Lichtenegger, Frank Gronwald +6
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9808017

Talk given at the 32nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, held at Nagoya, Japan, 12-19 July 1998, 4 pages LATEX

arxiv created 1998/08/05 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

Based on the recent finding that the difference in proper time of two clocks in prograde and retrograde equatorial orbits about the Earth is of the order 10^-7s per revolution, the possibility of detecting the terrestrial gravitomagnetic field by means of clocks carried by satellites is discussed. A mission taking advantage of this influence of the rotating Earth on the proper time is outlined and the conceptual difficulties are briefly examined.

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