On detecting the gravitomagnetic field of the Earth by means of orbiting clocks

被引：22

作者：

Lichtenegger, HIM ^{[1
]}

Gronwald, F

Mashhoon, B

机构：

[1] Austrian Acad Sci, Inst Weltraumforsch, A-8010 Graz, Austria

[2] Univ Cologne, Inst Theoret Phys, D-50923 Cologne, Germany

[3] Univ Missouri, Dept Phys & Astron, Columbia, MO 65211 USA

来源：

FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS IN SPACE | 2000年 / 25卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00997-7

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

Based on the recent finding that the difference in proper time of two clocks in prograde and retrograde equatorial orbits about the Earth is of the order similar to 10(-7) s per revolution, the possibility of detecting the terrestrial gravitomagnetic field by means of clocks carried by satellites is discussed. A mission taking advantage of this influence of the rotating Earth on the proper time is outlined and the conceptual difficulties are briefly examined. (C) 2000 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

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页码：1255 / 1258

页数：4