EFFECT OF EARTHS QUADRUPOLE MOMENT ON PRECESSION OF A GYROSCOPE

被引：15

作者：

OCONNELL, RF

机构：

[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

来源：

ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE | 1969年 / 4卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1007/BF00651266

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

It is shown that there is a contribution to the precession of a gyroscope due to the quadrupole moment of the Earth. The magnitude of this additional precession is a maximum for a gyroscope in a satellite in equatorial orbit around the Earth at a moderate altitude, and exceeds the experimental error for observations which cover a span of about one year or greater. © 1969 D. Reidel Publishing Company.

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