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On Some Critical Issues of the LAGEOS-Based Tests of the Lense-Thirring Effect

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-05-24 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Space Physics

Abstract

We summarize some critical issues pertaining the tests of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect performed by I. Ciufolini and coworkers in the gravitational field of the Earth with the geodetic satellites LAGEOS and LAGEOS II tracked with the Satellite Laser Ranging technique.

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@article{arxiv.1104.4464,
  title  = {On Some Critical Issues of the LAGEOS-Based Tests of the Lense-Thirring Effect},
  author = {L. Iorio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.4464},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Latex2e, 14 pages, no figures, no tables, 67 references. I thank M. Cerdonio for private communication (September 2010)