Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987phrvl..58.1062b&link_type=abstract
Physical Review Letters (ISSN 0031-9007), vol. 58, March 16, 1987, p. 1062-1065.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
43
Earth-Moon System, Lunar Rangefinding, Precession, Relativity, Earth Rotation, Laser Range Finders, Perigees, Rates (Per Time), Very Long Base Interferometry, Moon, Motion, Celestial Mechanics, Geodesy, Dynamics, Laser Methods, Astronomy, Calculations, Interferometry, Vlbi, Gravity Properties
Scientific paper
According to general relativity, the calculated rate of motion of lunar perigee should include a contribution of 19.2 msec/yr from geodetic precession. The authors show that existing analyses of lunar-laser-ranging data confirm the general-relativistic rate for geodetic precession with respect to the planetary dynamical frame. In addition, the comparison of Earth-rotation results from lunar laser ranging and from very long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) shows that the relative drift of the planetary dynamical frame and the extragalactic VLBI reference frame is small. The estimated accuracy is about 10%.
Bender Peter L.
Bertotti Bruno
Ciufolini Ignazio
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