Test of general relativity and measurement of the lense-thirring effect with two Earth satellites

被引：172
作者：
Ciufolini, I
Pavlis, E
Chieppa, F
Fernandes-Vieira, E
Pérez-Mercader, J
机构：
[1] Univ Rome La Sapienza, CNR, Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario, I-00184 Rome, Italy
[2] Univ Rome La Sapienza, Dipartimento Aerosp, I-00184 Rome, Italy
[3] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Joint Ctr Earth Syst Technol, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
[4] Univ Rome La Sapienza, Scuola Ingn Aerosp, Rome, Italy
[5] CSIC, INTA, Lab Astrofis Espacial & Fis Fundamental, Madrid, Spain
来源：
SCIENCE | 1998年 / 279卷 / 5359期
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D O I：
10.1126/science.279.5359.2100
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
The Lense-Thirring effect, a tiny perturbation of the orbit of a particle caused by the spin of the attracting body, was accurately measured with the use of the data of two laser-ranged satellites, LAGEOS and LAGEOS II, and the Earth gravitational model EGM-96. The parameter mu, which measures the strength of the Lense-Thirring effect, was found to be 1.1 +/- 0.2; general relativity predicts mu = 1. This result represents an accurate test and measurement of one of the fundamental predictions of general relativity, that the spin of a body changes the geometry of the universe by generating space-time curvature.
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页码：2100 / 2103
页数：6
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