A new proposal for measuring the Lense–Thirring effect with a pair of supplementary satellites in the gravitational field of the Earth

2002/06/30 by Lorenzo Iorio · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #GNSS positioning and interference #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #astro-ph #gr-qc #physics.space-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9601(02)01800-5

published as Phys.Lett. A308 (2003) 81-84 · LaTex2e, 6 pages, no figures, 1 table. Minor changes. Accpeted for publication in Physics Letters A

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Abstract

In this letter we further analyze the concept of the use of a pair of identical geodetic satellites placed in identical orbits except for the inclinations which should be supplementary for measuring the Lense-Thirring effect in the terrestrial gravitational field. It turns out that not only the sum of the nodes, as already proposed for the LAGEOS-LARES mission, but also the difference of the perigees could be fruitfully adopted.

Citations

• On a New Observable for Measuring the Lense–Thirring Effect with Satellite Laser Ranging
• Reassessment of the error modelling of non-gravitational perturbations on LAGEOS II and their impact in the Lense–Thirring determination. Part I
• Reassessment of the error modelling of non-gravitational perturbations on LAGEOS II and their impact in the Lense–Thirring derivation—Part II

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• On a New Observable for Measuring the Lense–Thirring Effect with Satellite Laser Ranging