Effect of the earth's revolution around the sun on the proposed gyroscope test of the lense-thirring effect
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1970
Abstract
We analyze the proposed Stanford experiment (precession of the spin of a gyroscope in an Earth satellite) to test the Lense-Thirring effect. We show that the sun also makes a contribution to the precession which must be included, particularly if one wishes to distinguish between the Einstein and Brans-Dicke theories. © 1970 The American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review Letters
First Page
1511
Last Page
1512
Recommended Citation
Barker, B., & O'Connell, R. (1970). Effect of the earth's revolution around the sun on the proposed gyroscope test of the lense-thirring effect. Physical Review Letters, 25 (21), 1511-1512. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.25.1511