Detailed Simulation of the LAGEOS-3 Measurement of the Lense-Thirring Precession

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Articles, photographs, documents, and artifacts pertaining to LAGEOS.

Dates

Creation: 1971 - 2003

Creator

From the Collection: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.5 Linear feet (2 boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

The dragging of inertial frames is a consequence of Einstein's General Relativity. ...The dragging of the orbital plane (and the orbital angular momentum) of a test particle orbiting the field of a rotating body is included among the various effects due to the gravitomagnetic field. This spaper proposes a new Lageos-type satellite (Lageos 3) which is physically identical to Lageos-1 and is placed in an orbit with identical altitude and eccentricity and with an inclination supplementary to the Lageos-1 orbit.