Measurement of dragging of inertial frames and gravitomagnetic field using laser-ranged satellites
Ciufolini, I. ; Lucchesi, D. ; Vespe, F. ; et al.
May - 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02731140
ISSN : 0369-3546 ;
journal : Il Nuovo Cimento A

Issue : 5
type: Article Journal

Abstract
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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