The impact of tidal errors on the determination of the Lense-Thirring effect from satellite laser ranging

Details The impact of tidal errors on the determination of the Lense-Thirring effect from satellite laser ranging The impact of tidal errors on the determination of the Lense-Thirring effect from satellite laser ranging

2000-07-10

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0007015v3

Int.J.Mod.Phys.D11:599-618,2002

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

24 pages, 4 tables, 6 figures, submitted to Int. Journal of Mod. Phys. D. Changes in auctorship, references and content

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0218271802001883

The general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect can be detected by means of a suitable combination of orbital residuals of the laser-ranged LAGEOS and LAGEOS II satellites. While this observable is not affected by the orbital perturbation induced by the zonal Earth solid and ocean tides, it is sensitive to those generated by the tesseral and sectorial tides. The assessment of their influence on the measurement of the parameter mu, with which the gravitomagnetic effect is accounted for, is the goal of this paper. After simulating the combined residual curve by calculating accurately the mismodeling of the more effective tidal perturbations, it has been found that, while the solid tides affect the recovery of mu at a level always well below 1%, for the ocean tides and the other long-period signals Delta mu depends strongly on the observational period and the noise level: Delta mu(tides) amounts to almost 2% after 7 years. The aliasing effect of K1 l=3 p=1 tide and SRP(4241) solar radiation pressure harmonic, with periods longer than 4 years, on the perigee of LAGEOS II yield to a maximum systematic uncertainty on $\m_{LT}$ of less than 4% over different observational periods. The zonal 18.6-year tide does not affect the combined residuals.

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