The LAGEOS satellites orbit and Yukawa-like interactions

LAGEOS II general relativity pericenter precession has been analysed in terms of the errors produced by the mismodelling of both the gravitational and non-gravitational perturbations acting on the satellite orbit. The accuracy in the pericenter determination may be considered as an upper-bound value...

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Published in:Advances in space research 2011-04, Vol.47 (7), p.1232-1237
Main Author: Lucchesi, David M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astronomy
Earth, ocean, space
Earth’s gravity fields
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
General relativity
LAGEOS satellites
Non-gravitational perturbations
Yukawa-like interactions
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Summary:LAGEOS II general relativity pericenter precession has been analysed in terms of the errors produced by the mismodelling of both the gravitational and non-gravitational perturbations acting on the satellite orbit. The accuracy in the pericenter determination may be considered as an upper-bound value for the estimate of the strength α of a possible new-long-range-interaction described by a Yukawa-like potential. In the present work we have focused on the constraints in α that can be obtained with the current best multi-satellites gravity field model EGM96 (α
ISSN:0273-1177
1879-1948
DOI:10.1016/j.asr.2010.11.029