Testing frame-dragging with the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in the gravitational field of Mars

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dc.creatorIorio, Lorenzo
dc.date2007-01-06
dc.date2007-05-14
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dc.descriptionIn this paper we propose an interpretation of the time series of the RMS overlap differences of the out-of-plane part $N$ of the orbit of the Martian polar orbiter Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) over a time span Delta P of about 5 years (14 November 1999-14 January 2005) in terms of the general relativistic gravitomagnetic Lense-Thirring effect. It turns out that the average of such a time series over Delta P, normalized to the predicted Lense-Thirring out-of-plane mean shift over the same time span, is μ= 1.0018 +/- 0.0053. A linear fit of the considered time series over Delta P yields a normalized slope 1.1 +/- 0.3 strengthening our interpretation of the determined MGS out-of-plane features of motion as due to the gravitomagnetic force of Mars.
dc.descriptionLatex2e, 12 pages, no figures, 3 tables, 51 references. Refined calculation of the average orbit error. New value for mu. Terminology improved. References added. Sectioning improved. Important considerations in the Conclusions added. New material added about a linear fit
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0701042
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0701042
dc.identifierL. Iorio (ed.) The Measurement of Gravitomagnetism: A Challenging Enterprise, Chap. 12.2, pp. 183-186, NOVA Publishers, Hauppauge (NY), 2007.
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/154585
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectGeophysics
dc.subjectSpace Physics
dc.titleTesting frame-dragging with the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in the gravitational field of Mars
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