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Measurement of dragging of inertial frames and gravitomagnetic field using laser-ranged satellites

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By analysing the observations of the orbits of the laser-ranged satellites LAGEOS and LAGEOS II, using the program GEODYN, we have obtained the first direct measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect, or dragging of inertial frames, and the first direct experimental evidence for the gravitomagnetic field. The accuracy of our measurement is of about 30%.

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  1. IFSI-CNR-Frascati, and Dipartimento Aerospaziale, Università «La Sapienza», Roma, Italy

    I. Ciufolini

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    D. Lucchesi

  3. ASI-CGS, Matera, Italy

    F. Vespe

  4. IFSI-CNR, Frascati (Roma), Italy

    A. Mandiello

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Ciufolini, I., Lucchesi, D., Vespe, F. et al. Measurement of dragging of inertial frames and gravitomagnetic field using laser-ranged satellites. Nuov Cim A 109, 575–590 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02731140

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