Satellites testing general relativity: Residuals versus perturbations
Satellites testing general relativity: Residuals versus perturbations
Laser ranging satellites have proved their efficiency for high precision testing of the effect of frame-dragging, one of the remarkable predictions of General Relativity. The analysis of the randomness properties of the residuals of LAGEOS and LAGEOS 2 satellites reveals the role of the thermal thrust — Yarkovsky effect — …