Local gravitomagnetic perturbations of the lunar orbit

Using the metric in the local inertial frame of the Earth, we calculate relativistic effects on the lunar orbit with the synodic month period. It is shown that such perturbations arise entirely from the gravitomagnetic components of the local metric which exist because of the relative motion of the...

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Published in:Physical review. D, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 1992-12, Vol.46 (12), p.5404-5406
Main Author: Shahid-Saless, Bahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astrophysics
Classical general relativity
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EARTH PLANET
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE
Exact sciences and technology
FIELD THEORIES
General relativity and gravitation
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
LUNA SPACE PROBES
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
METRICS
MINKOWSKI SPACE
MOON
ORBITS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PERTURBATION THEORY
Physics
PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
PLANETS
POTENTIALS
SATELLITES
SPACE
SPACE VEHICLES
SPACE-TIME
VEHICLES 662110 > General Theory of Particles & Fields-- Theory of Fields & Strings-- (1992-)
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Summary:Using the metric in the local inertial frame of the Earth, we calculate relativistic effects on the lunar orbit with the synodic month period. It is shown that such perturbations arise entirely from the gravitomagnetic components of the local metric which exist because of the relative motion of the sun with respect to the Earth. In the case of general relativity, the net perturbation has an amplitude of 3 cm for the lunar range.
ISSN:0556-2821
1089-4918
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.46.5404