Evidence of the gravitomagnetic field of Mars
| dc.creator | Iorio, Lorenzo | |
| dc.date | 2006-06-21 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:13:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:13:12Z | |
| dc.description | According to general relativity, the gravitomagnetic Lense-Thirring force of Mars would secularly shift the orbital plane of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft by an amount of 1.5 m, on average, in the cross-track direction over 5 years. The determined cross-track post-fit residuals of MGS, built up by neglecting just the gravitomagnetic force in the dynamical force models and without fitting any empirical cross-track acceleration which could remove the relativistic signal, amount to 1.6 m, on average, over a 5-years time interval spanning from 10 February 2000 to 14 January 2005. The discrepancy with the predictions of general relativity is 6%. | |
| dc.description | Latex, 6 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. Accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0606092 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0606092 | |
| dc.identifier | Class.Quant.Grav. 23 (2006) 5451-5454 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1088/0264-9381/23/17/N01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/112364 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Evidence of the gravitomagnetic field of Mars | |
| dc.type | text |