Some comments about a recent paper on the measurement of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect in the gravitational field of the Earth with the laser-ranged LAGEOS and LAGEOS II satellites

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dc.creatorIorio, Lorenzo
dc.date2004-10-21
dc.date2004-10-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:29:06Z
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dc.descriptionIn this brief note some comments about the observable used in a recently published paper on the measurement of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring in the gravitational field of the Earth are presented. It turns out that, among other things, the authors might have yielded an optimistic evaluation of the error budget because of an underestimation of the impact of the secular variations of the even zonal harmonics of the geopotential. More realistic evaluations point towards a 15-45% error at 1-3sigma level, respectively.
dc.descriptionLatex2e, 8 pages, no tables, no figures, 17 references. It refers to the Letter to Nature I. Ciufolini and E.C. Pavlis, Nature, 431, 958-960, 2004. Scientific criticisms on the released error budget presented
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0410110
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0410110
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35082
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeophysics
dc.subjectSpace Physics
dc.titleSome comments about a recent paper on the measurement of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect in the gravitational field of the Earth with the laser-ranged LAGEOS and LAGEOS II satellites
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