Effect of the earth's revolution around the sun on the proposed gyroscope test of the lense-thirring effect

Authors

B. M. Barker, Louisiana State University
R. F. O'Connell, Louisiana State University

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